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There cannot be a good society until there are good men.

There cannot be a "good" society until there are "good" men.

Frank Chodorov
Men, Good Man
Frank Chodorov (1980). “Fugitive essays: selected writings of Frank Chodorov”, Liberty Fund Inc.

We have but to remember man's natural tendency to satisfy his desires with the minimum of effort to realize how political power will be utilized.

Frank Chodorov
Men, Effort, Political
Frank Chodorov, Charles H. Hamilton (1980). “Fugitive essays: selected writings of Frank Chodorov”, Liberty Fund Inc.

At first it was the incomes of corporations, then of rich citizens, then of well-provided widows and opulent workers, and finally the wealth of housemaids and the tips of waitresses. This is all in line with the ability to pay doctrine. The poor, simply because there are more of them, have more ability to pay than the rich.

Frank Chodorov
Widows, Lines, Pay
Frank Chodorov (2007). “Income Tax: Root of All Evil”, p.52, Ludwig von Mises Institute

The freedoms won by Americans in 1776 were lost in the revolution of 1913.

Frank Chodorov
Revolution, Lost
Frank Chodorov (2007). “Income Tax: Root of All Evil”, p.50, Ludwig von Mises Institute

In America it is the so-called capitalist who is to blame for the fulfillment of Marx's prophecies. Beguiled by the state's siren song of special privilege, the capitalists have abandoned capitalism.

Frank Chodorov
Song, America, Special
Frank Chodorov (1980). “Fugitive essays: selected writings of Frank Chodorov”, Liberty Fund Inc.

Just what part does the State play in production to warrant its rake-off? The State does not give; it merely takes.

Frank Chodorov
Play, Giving, Doe
Frank Chodorov (1947). “Taxation is Robbery ...”

We cannot restore traditional American freedom unless we limit the government's power to tax.

Frank Chodorov
Government, Tinkering, Libertarian
Frank Chodorov (2007). “Income Tax: Root of All Evil”, p.10, Ludwig von Mises Institute

The pertinent question: if Americans did not want these wars should they have been compelled to fight them?

Frank Chodorov
Peace, War, Fighting
Frank Chodorov (1980). “Fugitive essays: selected writings of Frank Chodorov”, Liberty Fund Inc.

Posterity does not pay off anything of the national debt. Each administration adds to the debt left to it, and the promise of liquidation implied in every bond issue is a false promise.

Frank Chodorov
Issues, Promise, Doe

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