It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
As Dr. Sigmund Freud has observed, it can not even be said that the State has ever shown any disposition to suppress… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
In proportion as you give the state power to do things for you, you give it power to do things to you. — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
You get the same order of criminality from any State to which you give power to exercise it; and whatever power you… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
The State claims and exercises the monopoly of crime. It forbids private murder, but itself organizes murder on a colossal scale. It… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, its first instinct is that of self-preservation. All its enterprises are directed first towards preserving its… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
The idea that the State originated to serve any kind of social purpose is completely unhistorical. It originated in conquest and confiscation-th… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
The superficial distinctions of Fascism, Bolshevism, Hitlerism, are the concern of journalists and publicists; the serious student sees in them only one… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, the state's first instinct is that of self-preservati on. All its enterprises are directed first towards… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
The State always moves slowly and grudgingly towards any purpose that accrues to society's advantage, but moves rapidly and with alacrity towards… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
The State, on the other hand, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
It is interesting to observe that in the year 1935 the average individual's incurious attitude towards the phenomenon of the State is… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
Instead of recognizing the State as ‘the common enemy of all well-disposed, industrious and decent men,’ the run of mankind, with rare… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
If you do not want the State to act like a criminal, you must disarm it as you would a criminal; you… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
The State did not originate in any form of social agreement, or with any disinterested view of promoting order and justice. Far… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
Taking the state wherever found, striking into its history at any point, one sees no way to differentiate the activities of its… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
The idea that the State originated to serve any kind of social purpose is completely unhistorical. It originated in conquest and confiscation… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
The State, on the other hand, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
When we speak freely, let us speak plainly, for plain speech is wholesome; especially, plain speech about public affairs and public men. — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
The practical reason for freedom is that freedom seems to be the only condition under which any kind of substantial moral fiber can be… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, its first instinct is that of self-preservation. All its enterprises are directed first towards preserving its own life,… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
The simple truth is that our businessmen do not want a government that will let business alone. They want a government they can use. — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
Above all things the mass-mind is most bitterly resentful of superiority. It will not tolerate the thought of an elite; and under a political… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
By consequence I hold that no one ever did, or can do, anything for "society."... Comte invented the term altruism as an antonym for… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
It is certainly true that whatever a man may do or say, the most significant thing about him is what he thinks; and significant… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
Instead of recognizing the State as ‘the common enemy of all well-disposed, industrious and decent men,’ the run of mankind, with rare exceptions, regards… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
There are two methods, or means, and only two, whereby man's needs and desires can be satisfied. One is the production and exchange of… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
Personal publicity of every kind is utterly distasteful to me, and I have made greater efforts to escape it than most people make to… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
