Justice and Its Surroundings Quotes

“The law, notably tort law and the law of property based on the principle of exclusion, is historically prior to any proto-statal authority.”
― Anthony De Jasay, Justice and Its Surroundings

“Socialist economic mechanism demands severe enforcement in order to preform anywhere near as intended - yet severe enforcement is costly. However, the innocent belief that the corresponding "Stalinist" features of socialist systems are merely residual effects of the personal proclivities of the individual of the same name, seems nevertheless ineradicable from much public discourse.”
― Anthony De Jasay, Justice and Its Surroundings