* non-aggression principle
* applying the same moral standards to the state as we do to individuals
* divine right of kings -> common good / public welfare / fallibility of market
* taxation as legalized / organized theft
* emotivists vs. utilitarians vs. natural rights (absolutist)
* a theory of justice in property (23:30) — hypothetical case of government-granted property
* @ 28:40 the connection between self ownership and property ownership
* extrapolation to ownership of goods & land
* attributing actions to collective nouns like “society” or “nation” instead of individuals. (noted by historian Parker T. Moon)
* “the very words conceal the facts and make international relations a glamorous drama in which personalized nations are the actors, and all too easily we forget the flesh and blood men and women who are the true actors.”
* definition of freedom (private property not invaded)
* shouting fire in a crowded theater
* “Empire building is done not by nations but by men. The problem before us is to discover the men — the active interested minorities in each nation who are directly interested in imperialism and then to analyze the reasons why the majorities pay the expense, and fight the war necessitated by imperialistic expansion.”