[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fg4lgilQXNF2dIFLJHV69MgtIkkLSFTEpgChnukhxABU":3,"$fNI2n7ITNLKxEFiJK_ELppYTFELtE14sL6ixzdbSFuOs":23},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},34035,"murray rothbard","M",227,null,"murray-rothbard",[12,16,20],{"tag_id":13,"tag_name":14,"tag_count":15},1048,"liberty",11,{"tag_id":17,"tag_name":18,"tag_count":19},326,"men",8,{"tag_id":21,"tag_name":22,"tag_count":19},4954,"government",{"quotes":24,"pagination":88},[25,33,39,45,51,57,64,70,76,82],{"id":26,"quote_text":27,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":29,"author":30,"source":31,"quote_tag":32,"commentary":9},3849439,"In his second Inaugural Address, on March 5, 1821, Monroe admitted at last to a general depression of prices, but only as a means of explaining the great decline in the federal revenue. Despite this, he asserted that the situation of America presented a 'gratifying spectacle.'",7,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":34,"quote_text":35,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":29,"author":36,"source":37,"quote_tag":38,"commentary":9},3849436,"As the greatest and last major crisis before 1836, the panic of 1819 holds considerable interest for the study of business cycles and for the present day. It was an economy in transition, as it were, to a state where business cycles as we know them would develop.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":40,"quote_text":41,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":29,"author":42,"source":43,"quote_tag":44,"commentary":9},3849433,"Of all the numerous forms that governments have taken over the centuries, of all the concepts and institutions that have been tried, none has succeeded in keeping the State in check. The problem of the State is evidently as far from solution as ever.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":46,"quote_text":47,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":29,"author":48,"source":49,"quote_tag":50,"commentary":9},3849429,"While the seeming independence of the federal judiciary has played a vital part in making its actions virtual Holy Writ for the bulk of the people, it is also and ever true that the judiciary is part and parcel of the government apparatus and appointed by the executive and legislative branches.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":52,"quote_text":53,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":29,"author":54,"source":55,"quote_tag":56,"commentary":9},3849422,"The majority must be persuaded by ideology that their government is good, wise and, at least, inevitable, and certainly better than other conceivable alternatives. Promoting this ideology among the people is the vital social task of the 'intellectuals.'",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":58,"quote_text":59,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":29,"author":60,"source":61,"quote_tag":62,"commentary":63},3849420,"In order to continue in office, any government (not simply a 'democratic' government) must have the support of the majority of its subjects. This support, it must be noted, need not be active enthusiasm; it may well be passive resignation as if to an inevitable law of nature.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis quote is likely from Murray Rothbard's work, given his emphasis on the nature of government and power dynamics. The sentiment reflects his skepticism towards the idea of democratic consensus and the ways in which governments maintain control. Specifically, this quote may have been written in the context of his book \"The Ethics of Liberty\" (1982), where he critiques the notion of democratic legitimacy.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe hidden insight here is that governments don't necessarily rely on the active support of their citizens to maintain power. Instead, they often rely on a more insidious form of consent, where people resign themselves to the inevitability of the system, rather than actively working to change it. This tension highlights the complex relationship between consent, coercion, and the nature of power.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, consider the ways in which you might be complicit in systems that you don't actively support. Recognize the difference between passive resignation and genuine consent, and make a conscious effort to critically evaluate the systems you're a part of. By doing so, you can begin to break free from the illusion of inevitability and work towards creating meaningful change.",{"id":65,"quote_text":66,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":29,"author":67,"source":68,"quote_tag":69,"commentary":9},3849416,"While other individuals or institutions obtain their income by production of goods and services and by the peaceful and voluntary sale of these goods and services to others, the State obtains its revenue by the use of compulsion; that is, by the use and the threat of the jailhouse and the bayonet.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":71,"quote_text":72,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":29,"author":73,"source":74,"quote_tag":75,"commentary":9},3849415,"Famine emerges from a lack of interlocal trade; when one locality's food crop fails, since there is virtually no trade with other localities, the bulk of the people starve. It is precisely the permeation of the free market throughout the world that has virtually ended this scourge of famine by permitting trade between areas.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":77,"quote_text":78,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":29,"author":79,"source":80,"quote_tag":81,"commentary":9},3849409,"I think one of the most important directions to be pursued in the 'sciences of human action' is to develop a natural-law ethics based on nature rather than, or at least to supplement, ethics based on theological revelation.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":83,"quote_text":84,"author_id":5,"source_id":28,"has_image":29,"author":85,"source":86,"quote_tag":87,"commentary":9},3849405,"The proper governmental policy in a depression is strict laissez-faire, including stringent budget slashing, and coupled perhaps with positive encouragement for credit contraction.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":89,"totalPages":90,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":91},1,23,10]