politics
“Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners.”
“The more corrupt a society, the more numerous its laws.”
“Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.”
“The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.”
“Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.”
“Great men are almost always bad men.”
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
“When what is ordered by an authority is opposed to the object for which that authority was constituted, one is obliged to disobey it.”
“Law is order, and good law is good order.”
“Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior.”
“The law is reason unaffected by desire.”
“They should rule who are able to rule best.”
“Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.”
“Money was intended to be used in exchange, but not to increase at interest.”
“Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.”
“He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.”
“Man is by nature a political animal.”
“Historically, the most terrible things—war, genocide, and slavery—have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.”
“Politics is the entertainment division of the military–industrial complex.”
“The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.”