Disputes Quote by Nikolai Berdyaev

The State has invariably shown a striking talent for the expansion of its powers beyond any limits that might be imposed upon it.

— Murray Rothbard

The state tends to expand in proportion to its means of existence and to live beyond its means, and these are, in the last…

— Frederic Bastiat

It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the…

— Murray Rothbard

The great soul of power extends far beyond states, to every domain of life, from families to international affairs. And throughout, every form of…

— Noam Chomsky

What evidence do we have that states are incapable of further exercising an authority they have exercised successfully for over 200 years?

— John McCain

I believe in the state as a power for good.

— Amber Rudd

There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover.

— Frank Herbert

Our idea is that a state is strong when the people are politically conscious. It is strong when the people know everything, can form…

— Vladimir Lenin

“The state tends to make man an instrument to serve its arbitrary ends, overlooking his individual purposes. And since man, in his essence, is…

— Wilhelm Von Humbolt 1792

People power. It has no limits.

— Vitali Klitschko

We cannot be held to what is beyond our strength and means; for at times the accomplishment and execution may not be in our…

— Michel de Montaigne

The State is not, as many political scientists would make it, an inanimate thing; it consists of people, human beings, each of whom operates…

— Frank Chodorov