American revolution Quote by George Washington

All nonstate threats to life, liberty, and property appear to be relatively petty and therefore can be dealt with. Only states can pose truly…

— Robert Higgs

The danger in our system is that the general government, which represents the interests of the whole, may encroach on the states, which represent…

— John C. Calhoun

The greatest threat to the state is not faction but distraction

— Aristotle

The state always poses a greater threat to society than whatever problem it purports to solve.

— Llewellyn Rockwell

In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats alone.

— Michelle Bachelet

The greatest danger to the State is independent intellectual criticism.

— Murray Rothbard

States are violent to the extent that they have the power to act in the interests of those with domestic power

— Noam Chomsky

We live in a world of absolute immediacy. It is an interconnected, combustible world, where technology and many other actions have given nonstate actors…

— Chuck Hagel

States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking.

— Victor Davis Hanson

The state is in danger of falling into disrepute due to the evidence of its inadequate resources.

— Jurgen Habermas

A little government involvement is just as dangerous as a lot - because the first leads inevitably to the second.

— Harry Browne

Always and everywhere, the only serious political issue is what the state should and should not do. All the rest distracts.

— Llewellyn Rockwell