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Christianity, Islam - '..society can organize itself without violence.'

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'Libertarianism posits a belief that is not widely held today, but is nonetheless true: namely, that society can organize itself without violence.'

<blockquote>'..Libertarianism is the one political theory extant that consistently preaches nonviolence in every way, condemning all aggression against person and property, whether it is done by a private party or under the cover of law.

Libertarianism posits a belief that is not widely held today, but is nonetheless true: namely, that society can organize itself without violence (no theft, no murder), but only using that blessed institution of mutual cooperation among individuals. The use of violence in any form is not only contradictory to libertarian theory; libertarianism stands alone as the only political outlook that makes nonviolence its core tenet.

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There is a very easy answer to the problems that afflict us today. The nation-state needs to civilize itself and bow to the realities of our times. It needs to dismantle its apparatus of control, call off the dogs of war, rein in its police and armed bureaucrats, and permit society to develop and flourish on its own..'

- Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. Ideas and the Culpability for Violence, July 27, 2011</blockquote>


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<blockquote>Grappling with the Banality of Evil, July 27, 2011

Christianity, Islam – 'The Principles of the Laws Protection of..' '..Discovery of the Self'</blockquote>