Anarchy Quotes

415 quotes by 271 authors

The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors. — Benjamin Whichcote
To bring about destruction by overcrowding, mass starvation, anarchy, the destruction of our most cherished values, there is no need to do anything. We need… — Isaac Asimov
The chief safeguard of personal freedom in a democratic society is the anarchy and disorder of capitalist individualism. — Christopher Dawson
Where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand; For hot, cold, moist,… — John Milton
[F]or avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy . . . the only ground of hope must be on the morals of the people. I… — Gouverneur Morris
If mankind were to resolve to agree in no institution of government, until every part of it had been adjusted to the most exact standard… — Alexander Hamilton
Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the laws of death. — John Ruskin
If, when the chips are down, the worlds most powerful nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of… — Richard M. Nixon
The important question is, therefore, not whether anarchy is possible or not, but whether we can so enlarge the scope and influence of libertarian methods… — Colin Ward
Anarchy is a function, not of a society's simplicity and lack of social organization, but of it's complexity and multiplicity of social organizations. — Colin Ward
Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perennially rejuvenated illusions. — Albert Einstein
I had a house burn down once, and everything in life burned except my family, and it was so liberating. I didn't have a bad… — Sean Penn
Introduce a little anarchy, upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos, Iâ€™m an agent of chaos , and you know the thing about chaos?… — Heath Ledger
I call them the Sons of Anarchy Muhammad WilkerSON, Damon HarriSON, Sheldon RichardSON — Jon Gruden
Woodstock was about the closest thing to anarchy I've ever seen in my whole life, and I didn't like it. — Billie Joe Armstrong
I am an anarchist in my personal life. I try to live my life in a way that I don't need cops or baby-sitters to… — Jello Biafra
A feverish, fearless writer, Justin Taylor delivers 'blessed pleasure' in translating the 'baffling Christ babble' in The Gospel of Anarchy, a novel whose shiftless characters,… — Christine Schutt
Jesus was not killed by atheism and anarchy. He was brought down by law and order allied with religion, which is always a deadly mix.… — Barbara Brown Taylor
Better the rule of One, whom all obey, than to let clamorous demagogues betray our freedom with the kiss of anarchy. — Oscar Wilde
Anarchy works. Italy has proved it for a thousand years. — Edward Abbey

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