The initiation
of physical force renders a man's mind useless
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In a political
context, freedom has only one
meaning -- freedom from the initiation of force by other men.
Only by the
initiation of force can a man be: prevented from speaking, or
robbed of his possessions, or brutally murdered. Only by
the initiation of force can a man's rights be violated. Only the initiation of force against a man can stop his
mind,
thus rendering it useless as a means of survival.
It is for this reason -- that force renders a man's mind useless -- that every man has the right to
self-defense -- the right to use force to retaliate against those who first start
the use of force, but never may one morally initiate it.
The use of force, in and of itself, is not evil; but, to
initiate (start) force is evil. To use force in retaliation -- in
self- defense against those who initiate it -- is not a moral
option, but a moral requirement. A moral man has nothing to gain
when a man tries to kill him, but he has much to lose if he does
not defend himself. For this reason it is right, just, and
proper to use force in retaliation and self-defense. Contrary to
the vile doctrines of the pacifists, force used in self-defense
is a species of the good.
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