"Man tends always to satisfy his needs and……" — Albert J. Nock
"Man tends always to satisfy his needs and desires with the least possible exertion."
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50 Quotes by Albert J. Nock
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It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it…
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You get the same order of criminality from any State to which you give power to exercise it; and whatever…
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When politicians say "I'm in politics," it may or may not be possible to trust them, but when they say,…
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It is interesting to observe that in the year 1935 the average individual's incurious attitude towards the phenomenon of the…
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When a beggar asks us for a quarter, our instinct is to say that the State has already confiscated our…
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The competition of social power with State power is always disadvantaged, since the State can arrange the terms of competition…
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It is easier to seize wealth than to produce it, and as long as the State makes the seizure of…
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The superficial distinctions of Fascism, Bolshevism, Hitlerism, are the concern of journalists and publicists; the serious student sees in them…
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As Dr. Sigmund Freud has observed, it cannot even be said that the State has ever shown any disposition to…
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The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the…
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It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it…
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The State claims and exercises the monopoly of crime. It forbids private murder, but itself organizes murder on a colossal…
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More Desire Quotes
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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be…
— Hannah Arendt
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
— Hannah Arendt
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
— Aristotle
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
— Aristotle
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All men by nature desire knowledge.
— Aristotle
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Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
— Aristotle
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The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not…
— Aristotle
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Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.
— Richard Bach
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
— Neil Armstrong
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I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated…
— Chinua Achebe
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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric?…
— Saint Augustine
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
— Saint Augustine
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