People who live in states have as a rule never experienced the state of nature and vice-versa, and have no practical possibility of moving from the one to the other ... On what grounds, then, do people form hypotheses about… — Anthony de Jasay Copy Share
Having gathered all power to itself, [the State] has become the sole focus of all conflict, and it must construct totalitarian defences to match… — Anthony de Jasay Copy Share Image
... the smaller the domain where choices among alternatives are made collectively, the smaller will be the probability that any individual's preference gets overruled. — Anthony de Jasay Copy Share Image
People who live in states have as a rule never experienced the state of nature and vice-versa, and have no practical possibility of moving from the one to the other ... On what grounds, then, do people form hypotheses about the relative merits of state and state of nature? ... My contention here is that preferences for political arrangements of… — Anthony de Jasay Copy Share
Karl Popper once advised a student that if he wanted to reap intellectual fame, he should write endless pages of obscure, high-flown prose that would leave the reader puzzled and cowed. He should then here and there smuggle in a few sensible, straightforward sentences all could understand. The reader would feel that since he has grasped this part, he must… — Anthony de Jasay Copy Share
Self-imposed limits on sovereign power can disarm mistrust, but provide no guarantee of liberty and property beyond those afforded by the balance between state… — Anthony de Jasay Copy Share Image
In the process of helping some (perhaps most) people to more utility and justice, the state imposes on civil society a system of interdictions… — Anthony de Jasay Copy Share Image
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