Anarchy Quotes

415 Anarchy quotes by 271 unique authors

The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to rest, extinguished wars, appeased the… — Saint John Chrysostom
The ideally non-violent state will be an ordered anarchy. — Mahatma Gandhi
War is not in itself a condition so much as the symptom of a condition, that of international anarchy. If we wish to substitute for… — Alfred Hermann Fried
It is not honest inquiry that makes anarchy; but it is error, insincerity, half belief and untruth that make it. — Thomas Carlyle
If the perpetual oscillation of nations between anarchy and despotism is to be replaced by the steady march of self-restraining freedom, it will be because… — Thomas Huxley
Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings of ALL human… — Libba Bray
Let us not fear that the issues of natural science shall be scepticism or anarchy. Through all God's works there runs a beautiful harmony. The… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Liberty begets anarchy, anarchy leads to despotism, and despotism brings about liberty once again. Millions of human beings have perished without being able to make… — Honore de Balzac
No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy. — Abraham Lincoln
To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for fear of dying. — Richard Henry Lee
It is impossible to read the history of the petty republics of Greece and Italy without feeling sensations of horror and disgust at the distractions… — Alexander Hamilton
In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to… — James Madison
Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink — Ben Jonson
Anarchy [is] necessarily consequent to inefficiency. — Thomas Jefferson
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

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