If Goods Don't Cross Borders, Armies Will.

The Plans Differ; The Planners Are All Alike.

Thus, If There Exists A Law Which Sanctions Slavery Or Monopoly, Oppression Or Robbery, In Any Form Whatever, It Must Not Even Be Mentioned. For How Can It Be Mentioned Without Damaging The Respect Which It Inspires? Still Further, Morality And Political Economy Must Be Taught From The Point Of View Of This Law; From The Supposition That It Must Be A Just Law Merely Because It Is A Law. Another Effect Of This Tragic Perversion Of The Law Is That It Gives An Exaggerated Importance To Political Passions And Conflicts, And To Politics In General.

The Mission Of Law Is Not To Oppress Persons And Plunder Them Of Their Property, Even Thought The Law May Be Acting In A Philanthropic Spirit. Its Mission Is To Protect Property.

Trade Barriers Constitute Isolation; Isolation Gives Rise To Hatred, Hatred To War, And War To Invasion.

When Plunder Becomes A Way Of Life, Men Create For Themselves A Legal System That Authorizes It And A Moral Code That Glorifies It.