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I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy,' and the other, 'tyranny.'.
I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy,' and the other, 'tyranny.'.
The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the read more
The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the idea of natural rights, but on the idea that the individual has no rights except those that the State may provisionally grant him. It has always made justice costly and difficult of access, and has invariably held itself above justice and common morality whenever it could advantage itself by so doing.
It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.
Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is read more
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt.
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.
Both the revolutionary and the creative individual are perpetual juveniles. The revolutionary does not grow up because he cannot grow, read more
Both the revolutionary and the creative individual are perpetual juveniles. The revolutionary does not grow up because he cannot grow, while the creative individual cannot grow up because he keeps growing.
No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law.
No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law.
I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.
I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.
