This Is the Movement We Have Chosen
April 16, 2002
When the Meyer Lansky character in the gangster classic, The Godfather, is confronted with a foolish, naive observation from the young Godfather portrayed by Al Pacino, he wistfully responds, “This is the business we have chosen.”
It was Murray Rothbard’s favorite line from Francis Ford Coppola’s great movie and he often adapted it when confronted by some wacky or unprincipled libertarian.
Burt Blumert (1929-2009) was owner of Camino Coins, president of the Center for Libertarian Studies, chairman of the Mises Institute, publisher of LewRockwell.com, and the author of Bagels, Barry Bonds, & Rotten Politicians.
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