Anarchy Quotes

415 Anarchy quotes by 271 unique authors

If I had a philosophy, it's that I support the beautiful side of anarchy. — Bjork
So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery and suffering to the masses have their root in governments,… — Lucy Parsons
Design without discipline is anarchy, an exercise of irresponsibilit y. — Massimo Vignelli
Life had a way of wrecking her careful plans, again and again. Roulette was more predictable than life. Small wonder she was so lucky at… — Loretta Chase
Dominance in an adaptation to anarchy and it serves no purpose in a society that has undergone a civilising process or in an international system… — Steven Pinker
A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations...is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does of necessity fly… — Abraham Lincoln
The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse… — Mark Twain
In liberal democracy and anxious anarchy, the traditional classic dance, compact of aristocratic authority and absolute freedom in a necessity of order, has never been… — Lincoln Kirstein
Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule. — Plato
I went down on my knees and prayed to Almighty God for light and guidance and one night late it came to me this way.… — William McKinley
Part of the heart of anarchy is, dare to go against the grain of the conventional ways of thinking about our realities. Anarchists have always… — Bell Hooks
Trade unions are islands of anarchy in a sea of chaos. — Aneurin Bevan
Everyone should be concerned about Internet anarchy in which anybody can pretend to be anybody else, unless something is done to stop it. If hoaxes… — Thomas Sowell
It is far more important to resist apathy than anarchy or despotism, for apathy can give rise, almost indifferently, to either one. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Liberalism is to freedom as anarchism is to anarchy. — Ernst Junger
The history of any nation follows an undulatory course. In the trough of the wave we find more or less complete anarchy; but the crest… — Aldous Huxley
Anarchism asserts the possibility of an organization without discipline, fear, or punishment, and without the pressure of poverty: a new social organism which will make… — Emma Goldman
There is no greater evil than anarchy. — Sophocles
We may complain and cavil at the anarchy which is the amateurs natural element, but in soberness we must agree that if the amateur did… — Jacques Barzun
Politics is the practical exercise of the art of self-government, and somebody must attend to it if we are to have self-government; somebody must study… — Elihu Root
Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy. — John Ralston Saul
Idleness leads to relaxation, sooner or later bringing about ideological and material corruption, accompanied by lack of discipline, anarchy chaos and defeat. — Samora Machel
I know people have tattooed my 'Sons of Anarchy' photos, they've painted them, on their bikes. I've seen a few of those, sent to me… — Kim Coates
I watch 'Sons of Anarchy' and 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Walking Dead' and think, 'I want to create that kind of television! — Michael Easton
Innocence is drowned in anarchy. The best lack conviction given time to think, and the worst are full of passion without mercy. — Joni Mitchell

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