Private capitalism makes a steam engine; State capitalism makes pyramids. Frank Chodorov More Quotes by Frank Chodorov More Quotes From Frank Chodorov Increasing the power of the state in response to the Soviet menace would not defeat socialism in Russia but bring it to the United States. Frank Chodorov defeat united-states russia The institution of taxation rests foursquare on the axiom that somebody must rule somebody else. Frank Chodorov foursquare institutions taxation The 16th Amendment corroded the American concept of natural rights; ultimately reduced the American citizen to a status of subject, so much so that he is not aware of it; enhanced Executive power to the point of reducing Congress to innocuity; and enabled the central government to bribe the states, once independent units, into subservience. No kingship in the history of the world ever exercised more power than our Presidency, or had more of the people's wealth at its disposal. Frank Chodorov independent government rights We cannot restore traditional American freedom unless we limit the government's power to tax. Frank Chodorov tinkering libertarian government Posterity does not pay off anything of the national debt. Each administration adds to the debt left to it, and the promise of liquidation implied in every bond issue is a false promise. Frank Chodorov issues doe promise In America it is the so-called capitalist who is to blame for the fulfillment of Marx's prophecies. Beguiled by the state's siren song of special privilege, the capitalists have abandoned capitalism. Frank Chodorov special song america We have retained the forms and phrases of a republic, but in reality we are living under an oligarchy, not of courtesan, but of bureaucrats. Frank Chodorov phrases political reality The freedoms won by Americans in 1776 were lost in the revolution of 1913. Frank Chodorov revolution lost At first it was the incomes of corporations, then of rich citizens, then of well-provided widows and opulent workers, and finally the wealth of housemaids and the tips of waitresses. This is all in line with the ability to pay doctrine. The poor, simply because there are more of them, have more ability to pay than the rich. Frank Chodorov widows lines pay The State is not, as many political scientists would make it, an inanimate thing; it consists of people, human beings, each of whom operates under an inner compulsion to get the most out of life with the least expenditure of labor. Frank Chodorov scientist political people The pertinent question: if Americans did not want these wars should they have been compelled to fight them? Frank Chodorov fighting war peace Just what part does the State play in production to warrant its rake-off? The State does not give; it merely takes. Frank Chodorov doe play giving We have but to remember man's natural tendency to satisfy his desires with the minimum of effort to realize how political power will be utilized. Frank Chodorov effort political men
