Conflict Quote by Anthony de Jasay

“Every form of human conflict may be reduced to precisely the same pattern of mental events. We are all totalitarian despots over our own…

— Bō Jinn

The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it.

— Adolf Hitler

It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the…

— Murray Rothbard

A totalitarian power is mainly busy in keeping itself alive.

— Svetlana Alexievich

“It is no longer necessary to resort to the power of a state in order to inflict heavy losses on your enemy, since a…

— Tzvetan Todorov

The state or global forms of power that seek to protect populations considered in danger may well extend their own power through those acts…

— Judith Butler

Simply put, the most powerful state is the one that prevails in a dispute.

— John Mearsheimer

While there are many causes for which a state goes to war, its fundamental object can be epitomized as that of ensuring the continuance…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

It is against this concept of the sovereign state, a state isolated by protectionism and militarism, that internationalism must now engage in decisive battle.

— Christian Lous Lange

“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 Jay Nock

The greatest threat to the state is not faction but distraction

— Aristotle

State formation has been a brutal project, with many hideous consequences. But the results exist, and their pernicious aspects should be overcome.

— Noam Chomsky