Altruism Quote by Nathaniel Branden

Obey; this may be right; but beware of reverence.... Government is nothing but regulated force; force is its appropriate claim upon your attention. It…

— William Godwin

The coercive power of government is always a beacon to those who want to dominate others -- summoning the worst dregs of society to…

— Harry Browne

Whenever the government is involved, there is an element of coercion.

— Dinesh D'Souza

Coercion is the basis of every law in the universe,--human or divine. A law is not law without coercion behind it.

— James A. Garfield

It is not love, or morality, or international law that determines the outcome of world affairs, but the changing distribution of organized force

— William Woodruff

If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Government means politics, and interference by government carries with it always the implication of coercion. We may accept the expanding power of bureaucrats so…

— Owen D. Young

Each state pursues its own interest's, however defined, in ways it judges best. Force is a means of achieving the external ends of states…

— Kenneth Waltz

The use of force stands in need of control by a public neutral authority, in the interests of liberty no less than of justice.…

— Bertrand Russell

A popular government wields a moral force, which is infinitely superior to the physical force that the foreign government could summon to its assistance.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The essence of government is force, and most often that force is used to accomplish evil ends.

— Walter E. Williams

Coercive power is the curse of the universe, coactive power, the enrichment and advancement of every human soul.

— Mary Parker Follett