Anarchy Quote by Colin Ward

Anarchy is... a form of government or constitution in which public and private consciousness, formed through the development of science and law, is alone…

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

“Anarchy does not simply mean no laws, it means no need for laws. Anarchy requires individuals to behave responsibly. When individuals can live in…

— Anonymous

Arguably, the application of complete libertarianism leads one towards anarchy.

— Michael O'Rielly

“Those who use the word 'anarchy' to mean disorder or misrule, are not in correct. If they regard government as necessary, if they think…

— Albert Meltzer

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

“I believe that all other political states are in fact variations or outgrowths of a basic state of anarchy; after all, when you mention…

— Alan Moore

Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them.

— John Milton

The Anarchists are right in everything; in the negation of the existing order, and in the assertion that, without authority, there could not be…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Anarchy is any form of freedom that is outside the law. In your case, you should rather understand universal law and abide by it.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

Anarchy is all around us. Without it, our world would fall apart. All progress is due to it. All order extends from it. All…

— Jeffrey Tucker

There are different forms of anarchy and different currents in it. I must, first say very simply what anarchy I have in view. By…

— Jacques Ellul

The fundamental question of political philosophy, one that precedes questions about how the state should be organized, is whether there should be any state…

— Robert Nozick