"The instant formal government is abolished, society begins……" — Thomas Paine

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• Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
• A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would… — Mikhail Bakunin
• A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity,… — Mikhail Bakunin
• I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the… — Roger Nash Baldwin
• We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals? — Brigitte Bardot
• The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and… — James Buchan
• Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross. — Tony Campolo
• All the legislation in the world will not abolish kissing. — Elinor Glyn
• If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man… — James Madison
• When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy it implies, then the… — Simone de Beauvoir
• Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man. — Bertrand Russell
• If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed. — Ludwig von Mises

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