Libertarianism is not merely the intellectual contemplation of a wonderful, true and just political philosophy, it's not just the esthetic contemplation of a beautiful ideal, the ideal of a world without organized aggression, a world of harmony, of freedom, of prosperity, of mutual cooperation through voluntary activities in free markets. It is, of course, all of that. Because we become Libertarians in the first place because we fall in love, so to speak, with the goodness, the truth and the beauty of Libertarianism. But we Libertarians, it seems to me, are not content with contemplating justice, with contemplating truth, goodness and beauty. We're not playing intellectual games. We mean to change the world. We want to put this thing into reality.
This snippet from a talk given by "Mr. Libertarian", Dr. Murray N. Rothbard at the First World Libertarian convention in 1982
I posted earlier the video "The Six stages of the Libertarian movement" here.
Pls read the rest of the transcript at the lewrockwell.com
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