411 REFERENCE · Wikiquote
Private defense agency
Reference material by Wikiquote contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
A private defense agency is a private organization that protects its customers from aggression by governments and rogue private defense agencies.
Sourced
If citizens were permitted privately owned courts and armies, then they would possess the means to defend themselves against invasive acts by the government as well as by private individuals.
http://mises.org/story/1471 The Myth of Efficient Government Service Rothbard, Murray March 18, 2004
In practice, once anarcho-capitalist institutions were well established, protection agencies would anticipate such difficulties and arrange contracts in advance, before specific conflicts occurred, specifying the arbitrator who would settle them.
David Friedman http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Libertarian/Machinery_of_Freedom/MofF_Chapter_29.html Police, Courts and Laws - On the Market
A tax-funded protection agency is a contradiction in terms and will lead to ever more taxes and less protection.
Hans-Hermann Hoppe http://www.lewrockwell.com/hoppe/hoppe7.html
External links
Category:Themes