Politics Quote by Peter T. Leeson

“clearly could. Nor is this to say that Somalia is better off stateless than it would be under any government. A constitutionally constrained state…

— Peter T. Leeson

“Political power was thus widely dispersed in Somali society, almost pluralistically. But without the authority of a centralized state to enforce order, let alone…

— Daron Acemoğlu

“Max Weber, who we met in the previous chapter, provided the most famous and widely accepted definition of the state, identifying it with the…

— Daron Acemoğlu

Somalia is an important story in the world, and it needed to be told.

— Amanda Lindhout

“A State can be no better than the citizens of which it is composed. Our labour now is not to mould States but make…

— voltaire

“although a properly constrained government may be superior to statelessness, it doesn't follow that any government is superior to no government all. If a…

— Peter T. Leeson

“And why do we think for a second that having the government involved will make things better”

— Adam Carolla

“The only thing worse than too much government is too little: in failed states, people suffer at least as much violence and injustice as…

— Tony Judt

The state is not an organism capable of bringing either moral or material improvements to the populace...but merely a vehicle of power for the…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“Government is no good.”

— Willow Rose

Instead of doing more badly, government should focus on doing less well.

— Joel Miller

“Governments never react well, but they always over-react very well.”

— Marc Rainer