Library of Liberty The State The Anatomy of the State by Murray Rothbard - The libertarian critique of the state. Demystifying the State by Wendy McElroy - Shattering the aura of legitimacy. The State by Jan Narveson - Political philosopher analyzes the State. Discourse on Voluntary Servitude by Étienne de la Boétie - Why do people obey authority? In Defense of Anarchism by Robert Paul Wolff - Philosophical anarchism. Moral autonomy vs. authority. A Vindication of Natural Society by Edmund Burke - First anarchist essay. Anarchy is better than State. Objectivism and the State: An Open Letter to Ayn Rand by Roy Childs - Anarchism vs. minarchism. War and Peace Just War by Murray N. Rothbard Thinking About War by George H. Smith Time For Liberty by James Ostrowski War is the Health of the State by Randolph Bourne War, Peace, and the State - Murray N. Rothbard They Didn't Attack Switzerland - Bill Walker Patriotism - Herbert Spencer Lew Rockwell Peace Archive - various authors Also see Antiwar.com and Noninterventionist.com Justice and Natural Law Man's Rights by Ayn Rand - What are rights? New! The Nature of Law by Roderick T. Long - Natural Law and anarchism. The Law by Frederic Bastiat - The quintessential statement of Natural Law. The Right to Ignore the State by Herbert Spencer - The right to opt out of a government. Natural Law by Lysander Spooner - Classic essay on justice and natural law. Contractarian FAQ by Jan Narveson - Can contractarianism justify natural law? Free Market Security Anarchy and Efficient Law by David Friedman - Economic analysis of free-market protection agencies. The Production of Security by Gustave de Molinari - First ever anarcho-capitalist essay, 1849. Panarchy by P.E. de Puydt (1860) Taxation Taxation is Robbery by Frank Chodorov - The essence of taxation. The Myth of Neutral Taxation by Murray N. Rothbard - State Robbery and the Market; Austrian analysis Time for Another Revolution by Frank Chodorov - The income tax betrayed the American Revolution Against Political Activism The Ethics of Voting by George H. Smith - Should a libertarian vote? Why I Would Not Vote Against Hitler by Wendy McElroy Letter to the Liberals by Leo Tolstoy Voluntaryist Bibliography and History by Carl Watner Bibliography, Libertarian Tradition, and European Anarchist Tradition Other How Government Solved the Health Care Crisis by Roderick T. Long - Medical Insurance that Worked - Until Government "Fixed" It Declaration of Independence for Cyberspace by John Perry Barlow Assassination Politics by Jim Bell What is Property? by Pierre Proudhon - Classic anarchist tract. "Property is theft." Political Philosophy for Daniel C. Burton by Daniel Burton - Another anarcho-capitalist manifesto. Mere Libertarianism: Blending Hayek and Rothbard by Daniel B. Klein - 'Open tent' definition of libertarianism. Two styles of arguing. Response To The Anarchist FAQ by Richard A. Garner - The definition of anarchism, and some history. Government is a Quack Faith-Healer by Wolf DeVoon Deep Anarchy by Max T. O'Connor

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