Top 6 Quotes by Tibor R. Machan

It is only within a free society that the crucial moral features of human life can be protected and preserved

It is only within a free society that the crucial moral features of human life can be protected and preserved

Moral, Human Life, Humans

Tibor R. Machan (2003). “The Passion for Liberty”, p.76, Rowman & Littlefield

The institution of taxation is not a civilized but a barbaric method to fund anything, because it amounts to nothing less than outright extortion, a gross violation of human liberty.

Tibor R. Machan

Liberty, Taxation, Institutions

"What's Wrong with Taxation?". mises.org. November 22, 2002.

If welfare and equality are to be primary aims of law, some people must necessarily possess a greater power of coercion in order to force redistribution of material goods. Political power alone should be equal among human beings; yet striving for other kinds of equality absolutely requires political inequality.

Tibor R. Machan

Equality, Order, Law

Tibor R. Machan (1995). “Private Rights and Public Illusions”, p.81, Transaction Publishers

This right to life, this right to liberty, and this right to pursue one's happiness is unabashedly individualistic, without in the slightest denying at the same time our thoroughly social nature. It's only that our social relations, while vital to us all, must be chosen - that is what makes the crucial difference.

Tibor R. Machan

Differences, Liberty, Individualism

"Collectivist Thinking Is Rife in the USA". www.strike-the-root.com. March 01, 2004.