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
Every tax or rate, forcibly taken from an unwilling person, is immoral and oppressive. Auberon Herbert forciblyimmoraloppressive Change image and 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 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
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
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
Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of that old-world god, Force. Auberon Herbert abjectlydenyfind Change image and share on social
If government half a century ago had provided us with all our dinners and breakfasts, it would be the practice of our orators today to assume the impossibility of our providing for ourselves. Auberon Herbert agoassumebreakfast Change image and share on social
There never yet has been a great system sustained by force under which all the best faculties of men have not slowly withered. Auberon Herbert facultyforcegreat Change image and share on social
How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the rights of three men absorb the rights of two men, and make them as if they had never existed. Auberon Herbert absorbexceedexist Change image and share on social
