Leviathan Quotes

17 quotes by 16 authors

The leviathan state, that monster devouring civilization in this century, is in the throes of death. This is not a wish or a prediction, but… — Llewellyn Rockwell
The red sands of Marrakesh, sprawling at the foot of the Atlas like a wounded Leviathan... — Rosita Forbes
If we look at the black record of mass murder, exploitation, and tyranny levied on society by governments over the ages, we need not be… — Murray Rothbard
A colleague once described political theorists as people who were obsessed with two dozen books; after half a century of grappling with Mill's essay On… — Alan Ryan
Our federal government, which was intended to operate as a very limited constitutional republic, has instead become a virtually socialist leviathan that redistributes trillions of… — Ron Paul
He believed in it, as certain good women believe in the leviathan-by faith, not by reason. — Jules Verne
Leviathan is not the biggest fish; â€” I have heard of Krakens. — Herman Melville
Income taxes are responsible for the transformation of the Federal government from one of limited powers into a vast leviathan whose tentacles reach into almost… — Ron Paul
Probably Hobbes got it right when he said that a leviathan, a third party with a monopoly on the use of legitimate use of force… — Steven Pinker
My early exposure to all the leviathans of the Saturday matinee creature features inspired me, when I grew up, to make 'Jurassic Park.' — Steven Spielberg
She had witnessed the world's most beautiful things, and allowed herself to grow old and unlovely. She had felt the heat of a leviathan's roar,… — Sonya Hartnett
Out of the sea will rise Behemoth and Leviathan, and sail 'round the high-pooped galleys... Dragons will wander about the waste places, and the phoenix… — Oscar Wilde
That's a big trunk," James said, as we jammed in the leathery old case that looked so much like the black heart of some leviathan.… — Michael Chabon
Listening (had there been any one to listen) from the upper rooms of the empty house only gigantic chaos streaked with lightning could have been… — Virginia Woolf
Moreover, it is difficult to reconcile Hobbesâ€™s distrust for the individual with his confidence in the altruistic nature of the individual or individuals who will… — Mark Levin
I wanted a metamorphosis, a change to fish, to leviathan, to destroyer. I wanted the earth to open up, to swallow everything in one engulfing… — Henry Miller
LEVIATHAN, n. An enormous aquatic animal mentioned by Job. Some suppose it to have been the whale, but that distinguished ichthyologer, Dr. Jordan, of Stanford… — Ambrose Bierce

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