Acquire Quote by Bertrand Russell

It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of…

— Albert J. Nock

The larger the state, the more callous it becomes... the colder its heart. It is also true that the bigger the corporation, the more…

— Dennis Prager

State ownership! It leads only to absurd and monstrous conclusions; state ownership means state monopoly, concentrated in the hands of one party and its…

— Benito Mussolini

The fact is that, under a capitalistic system, the ultimate bosses are the consumers. The sovereign is not the state, it is the people.

— Ludwig von Mises

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

Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, the state's first instinct is that of self-preservati on. All its enterprises are directed first towards preserving its…

— Albert J. Nock

The great corporations which we have grown to speak of rather loosely as trusts are the creatures of the State, and the State not…

— Theodore Roosevelt

A state that privatizes most of its functions will inevitably defend itself by employing its own people as mercenaries

— Philip Bobbitt

Since the State necessarily lives by the compulsory confiscation of private capital, and since its expansion necessarily involves ever-greater incursions on private individuals and…

— Murray Rothbard

“The State has invariably shown a striking talent for the expansion of its powers beyond any limits that might be imposed upon it. Since…

— Murray N. Rothbard

I believe that eventually, one of the next big issues that will have to be addressed globally is the role of state-owned enterprises. Because…

— Hillary Clinton

Unless the power of the corporation can be organized on an accepted principle of legitimacy, it will be taken over by a Central government

— Peter Drucker