“Violence is the tool of the state. Knowledge and the mind are the tools of free people”

American author Llewellyn Harrison (“Lew”) Rockwell wrote in “The Libertarian Paradox” on LewRockwell.com on July 24, 2013:
   
“I will leave you with the final libertarian paradox, which is this: while on the one hand we are teachers of the philosophy of freedom, as long as we love and cherish these great ideas, we shall always be students as well. Continue to explore and discover, to read and to write, to discuss and to persuade. Violence is the tool of the state. Knowledge and the mind are the tools of free people.”
 
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Wikipedia: Lew Rockwell
Llewellyn Harrison Rockwell Jr. (born July 1, 1944) is an American author, editor, and political consultant. A libertarian and a self-professed anarcho-capitalist, he founded and is the chairman of the Mises Institute, a non-profit dedicated to promoting the Austrian School of economics.
         
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The Libertarian Paradox
By Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
July 24, 2013
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I will leave you with the final libertarian paradox, which is this: while on the one hand we are teachers of the philosophy of freedom, as long as we love and cherish these great ideas, we shall always be students as well. Continue to explore and discover, to read and to write, to discuss and to persuade. Violence is the tool of the state. Knowledge and the mind are the tools of free people.
 
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The Libertarian Paradox
07/25/2013 Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
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I will leave you with the final libertarian paradox, which is this: while on the one hand we are teachers of the philosophy of freedom, as long as we love and cherish these great ideas, we shall always be students as well. Continue to explore and discover, to read and to write, to discuss and to persuade. Violence is the tool of the state. Knowledge and the mind are the tools of free people.
   
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violence is the tool of the state… @lewrockwell
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“Violence
is the tool of the state.
Knowledge
and the mind
are the tools of free people.”
—Lew Rockwell
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“Violence is the tool of the State. Knowledge and the mind are the tools of free people.” - Lew Rockwell
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“Violence
is the tool of the state.
Knowledge
and the mind
are the tools of free people.”
—Lew Rockwell
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If the state loses its grip over your mind, it loses the key to its very survival. Violence is the tool of the state. Knowledge and the mind are the tools of free people.  Lew Rockwell
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“violence is the tool of the state.
Knowledge and the mind are the tools of free People”
Lew Rockwell
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