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All interstate wars intensify aggression – maximize it … some wars are even more unjust than others. In other words, all government wars are unjust, although some governments have less unjust claims…

— Murray Rothbard

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Rights may be universal, but their enforcement must be local.

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Harold, the young kids out there are not going to be willing to go to the barricades in defense of lowered transaction costs.

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