Administration Quote by Adam Smith

The State is said by some to be a necessary evil; it must be made unnecessary.

— Benjamin Tucker

Our main conclusions about the state are that a minimal state, limited, to the narrow functions of protection against force, theft, fraud, enforcement of…

— Robert Nozick

The State is competent to assign duties and draw the line between good and evil only in its immediate sphere. Beyond the limits of…

— Lord Acton

Justice is the most "political" or institutional of the virtues. The legitimacy of a state rests upon its claim to do justice.

— Alan Ryan

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

— Thomas Paine

“The State is not the hope of the world; it is an institution grounded in the threat of violence, whether via capital punishments or…

— Douglas Wilson

Even if we are all doomed to live under the state, it doesn't follow that there is, or even can be, such a thing…

— Joseph Sobran

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

— Plato

If you do not want the State to act like a criminal, you must disarm it as you would a criminal; you must keep…

— Albert J. Nock

The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.

— Sigmund Freud

Govern wisely, and as little as possible

— Sam Houston