Artistry Quote by Frank Herbert

There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of…

— Frank Herbert

“All governments, even these precious “democracies,” derive all their power by force. Do something the government doesn’t want, like, say, cross the street against…

— S. Evan Townsend

“when you use your limited powers to inflict petty punishments you demonstrate your weakness to the world. It just tells everyone you are unable…

— Mackey Chandler

“Arbitrary government operating by force, by terror, must destroy the best, the boldest dissenters in sheer self-defence; soon it finds itself destroying all who,…

— Edward Crankshaw

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

— James Madison

“the common force cannot lawfully be used to destroy the person, the liberty, or the property of individuals or of classes. For”

— Frédéric Bastiat

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.

— Samuel Johnson

And yet even among the friends of liberty, many people are deceived into believing that government can make them safe from all harm, provide…

— Ron Paul

“So long as we have a law that is exploitable by individuals in power, it is imperative that every thinking human stands up to…

— Abhijit Naskar

“Power can be hoarded by the mighty or stolen from the innocent.Power provides the ability to choose. But has a proclivity for corruption. The…

— Emily Thorne

“Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it as it is to its victims - the second it crushes, the first it…

— Paul Hoffman

“Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace.”

— Max Allan Collins