Aggression Quote by John Hospers

Aggression is simply another name for government.

— Benjamin Tucker

“To the extent that the threats against which a given government protects its citizens are imaginary or are consequences of its own activities, the…

— Charles Tilly

The more power a government has the more it can act arbitrarily according to the whims and desires of the elite, and the more…

— Rudolph Rummel

“Governments strong enough to protect individuals against the violence of their fellows make possible the evolution of an increasingly complex order of spontaneous and…

— Friedrich A. Hayek

“To the extent that the threats against which a given government protects its citizens are imaginary or are consequences of its own activities, the…

— Charles Tilly

The rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression.

— Benjamin Netanyahu

Aggression is simply another name for government. Aggression, invasion, government, are interconvertible terms. The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control.…

— Benjamin Tucker

It is important to remember that government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action. Government is in the last…

— Ludwig von Mises

Government has a monopoly on the legal use of force and violence.

— David D. Aitken

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

— John C. Calhoun

A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence.

— Max Weber

When government does more than guard against the initiation of force, inevitably it becomes a means of theft and bamboozlement.

— Donald J. Boudreaux