It is the small owner who offers the only really profitable and reliable material for taxation. He is made for taxation. Auberon Herbert makematerialoffer Change image and share on social
We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do. Auberon Herbert governmentholdman Change image and share on social
The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist for the purpose of being made to serve his ends, if he can get power enough in his hands to force these ends upon them. Auberon Herbert bluntlyendexist share on social
The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want to do, in order to please and satisfy the other part of the nation. Auberon Herbert careerconsistmake Change image and share on social
The course that will restore to the workmen a father's duties and responsibilities, between which and themselves the state has now stepped, is for them to reject all forced contributions from others, and to do their own work through their own voluntary combinations. Auberon Herbert combinationcontributionduty share on social
Every tax or rate, forcibly taken from an unwilling person, is immoral and oppressive. Auberon Herbert forciblyimmoraloppressive Change image and share on social
How can an act done under compulsion have any moral element in it, seeing that what is moral is the free act of an intelligent being? Auberon Herbert actcompulsionelement Change image and share on social