#confiscation

The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

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Strict justice would demand total confiscation of your property, personal imprisonment and fines. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

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