What I say is, that the real non-resistants can believe in direct action only, never in political action. For the basis of… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
The real triumph of civilization is the extent to which coercion is banished from human relations. — Anthony Gregory Copy Share Image
Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably,… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve. — John Stott Copy Share Image
History has witnessed the failure of many endeavors to impose peace by war, cooperation by coercion, unanimity by slaughtering dissidents.... A lasting… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
If welfare and equality are to be primary aims of law, some people must necessarily possess a greater power of coercion in… — Tibor R. Machan Copy Share Image
The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
“Socialism is not really an option in the material world. There can be no collective ownership of anything materially scarce. One or… — Jeffrey Tucker Copy Share Image
This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
Coercion by government, the main fear of our founding fathers, is now its most common attribute. — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
In Romans 7, St. Paul says, "The law is spiritual." What does that mean? If the law were physical, then it could… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange… — A. Bartlett Giamatti Copy Share Image
“It is the very use of coercion, positive or negative, that breaks or deadens the spirit, which is the source of motivation.” — Kelly Bryson Copy Share Image
Consider the sexual harassment which continually occurs between a secretary and a boss . . . while objectionable to many women, [it]… — Walter Block Copy Share Image
The Green Shore is an engrossing novel about political oppression, played out on an intimate family scale. Bakopoulos charts the subtle, gnawing… — Peter Ho Davies Copy Share Image
A new type of superstition has got hold of people's minds, the worship of the state. People demand the exercise of the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
“Western capitalist society, and especially my own American society, is one characterized by great inequalities. In any such society, by the nature… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
[Libertarians] don't denounce what the state does, they just object to who's doing it. This is why the people most victimized by… — Bob Black Copy Share Image
Naming things, breaking through taboos and denial is the most dangerous, terrifying, and crucial work. This has to happen in spite of… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Let there be then no coercion established in society, and the common law of gravity prevailing, the sexes will fall into their… — Judith Sargent Murray Copy Share Image
“Historical definition of a country's borders... "...here's where my murder geography ends and your murder geography begins, at least until I get… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
The gold standard did not collapse. Governments abolished it in order to pave the way for inflation. The whole grim apparatus of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Tennessee will not furnish a single man for coercion, but fifty thousand, if necessary, for the defense of our rights, or those… — Isham G. Harris Copy Share Image