Activity Quote by Bertrand Russell

Taking the state wherever found, striking into its history at any point, one sees no way to differentiate the activities of its founders, administrators,…

— Albert J. Nock

The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people.

— Dalton Trumbo

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.

— Joan Baez

The idea of the state is, or should be, a very limited, prescribed idea. The state looks after the defense of the realm, and…

— Tom Stoppard

States can be deterred by the fear of retaliation; non-state organisations cannot by deterred at all.

— John Bruton

Absolutely nothing brings out the killer instinct in the upper crust of New York Society like a charity function.

— Caleb Carr

Organizations, whether they are nonprofits or enterprise, need to be aware that nation-states are coming after them for political espionage, economic espionage, or destructive…

— Dmitri Alperovitch

No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.

— Clarence Darrow

“The State is that organization in society which attempts to maintain a monopoly of the use of force and violence in a given territorial…

— Murray Rothbard

You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

There is nothing new in state interventionism. It is as old and reactionary as societal organization itself. Always, when it permeates the body politic,…

— Spruille Braden

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.

— Joan Baez