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Albert J. Nock has 49 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no…
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You get the same order of criminality from any State to which you give power to exercise it; and whatever power you…
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When politicians say "I'm in politics," it may or may not be possible to trust them, but when they say, "I'm in…
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It is interesting to observe that in the year 1935 the average individual's incurious attitude towards the phenomenon of the State is…
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When a beggar asks us for a quarter, our instinct is to say that the State has already confiscated our quarter for…
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The competition of social power with State power is always disadvantaged, since the State can arrange the terms of competition to suit…
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It is easier to seize wealth than to produce it, and as long as the State makes the seizure of wealth a…
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The superficial distinctions of Fascism, Bolshevism, Hitlerism, are the concern of journalists and publicists; the serious student sees in them only one…
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As Dr. Sigmund Freud has observed, it cannot even be said that the State has ever shown any disposition to suppress crime,…
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The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the idea of…
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It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no…
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The State claims and exercises the monopoly of crime. It forbids private murder, but itself organizes murder on a colossal scale. It…
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Our instinct as human beings is to provide answers, to ease tension. As writers our job is the opposite, to create tension…
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Through care taken over trends, the desire to be novel and affectation knowledge, we repudiate our art, our instinct, our own way…
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Our instinct as parents is to order our kids around — it's easier, and frankly, we're usually right. [But] reverse the waterfall…
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When a beggar asks us for a quarter, our instinct is to say that the State has already confiscated our quarter for…
— Albert J. Nock
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We must overthrow the material and moral conditions of our present-day life. . . . We must first purify our atmosphere and…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Deeper than our instinct to live is our longing to be alive.
— Erwin McManus
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Anger is a divinely implanted emotion. Closely allied to our instinct for right, it is designed to be used for constructive spiritual…
— David Seamands
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Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life…
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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It would be sad if we lost our instinct and our courage to love and protect.
— Emeli Sande
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The central tenet of Christianity as it has come down to us is that we are to reach out when our instinct…
— Jon Meacham
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Our instinct may be to see the impossibility of tracking everything down as frustrating, dispiriting, perhaps even appalling, but it can just…
— Bill Bryson
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It is better to seek for clarification than trust my own understanding. i cannot read your mind. your intelligence will never be…
— Jeremah Aleonope
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