Socialism, on the contrary, extends its function to the description of society as it should be, and the discovery of the means of making it what it should be.

If the individual has a right to govern himself, all external government is tyranny. Hence the necessity of abolishing the State.

Anarchists are simply unterrified Jeffersonian Democrats.

Aggression is simply another name for government.

To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury.

The shortest way to change a radical into a conservative, a liberal into a tyrant, a man into a beast, is to give him power over his fellows.

But which is the State's essential function, aggression or defence, few seem to know or care.

The State is said by some to be a necessary evil; it must be made unnecessary.

War and Authority are companions; Peace and Liberty are companions.

Is not the very beginning of privilege, monopoly and industrial slavery this erecting of the ballot-box above the individual?

The cost of justice can be justly paid only by the invader.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

The daring leader helps the people see a future state, greater than their own imagination, and worthy of pursuit.

Have you tried?" Tove countered, his eyes sparkling. "Well...no," I admitted. "Do it." "How?" He shrugged. "Figure it out." "You're really good at this training thing," I said with a sigh.

When I finally put my guitar in the case the last time, I want to be remembered just as a singer, not as a country singer or pops singer - just a singer.

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.

The car was full of unhappy people heading west. It was the Great American Family Road Trip, all right. Whaaa-hoo!

I don't collect anymore. Everything is so terribly expensive. I don't see anything I like anyhow.

Oh sky, without me, do not change, Oh moon, without me, do not shine; Oh earth, without me, do not grow, Oh time, without me, do not go. ...Oh, you cannot go, without me.

Life, however short, is made still shorter by waste of time.

I always remind people from outside our state that there’s plenty of room for all Alaska’s animals — right next to the mashed potatoes.