Anarchist Quote by Nicolas Walter

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

— Thomas Hobbes

Governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions.

— Leo Tolstoy

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a basis of mutual trust…

— Fred Woodworth

Government is a necessary evil

— Thomas Paine

Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is…

— Michael Badnarik

Anarchists believe we can run our lives without the government.

— Vermin Supreme

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad, any government, being composed of human beings, would be…

— Fred Woodworth

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

— George Washington

Government is necessary, but the only rights we can delegate to government are the ones we possess. For example, we all have a natural…

— Walter E. Williams

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels…

— James Madison

The need for Government is the need for force; where force is unnecessary, there is no need for Government.

— Rose Wilder Lane

Why don’t we have libertarian anarchy? Why does government exist? The answer implicit in previous chapters is that government as a whole exists because…

— David D. Friedman