Benjamin Tucker

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

— Benjamin Tucker

#force #his #indeed #injury #insult

Anarchists are simply unterrified Jeffersonian Democrats. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#simply

And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be resorted to, is a strictly defensive act, - at least in theory. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

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But this is not to say that the society which inflicts capital punishment commits murder. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

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

— Benjamin Tucker

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Commanded love of all men indiscriminately is an obliteration of distinction between love and hate, and therefore is not love at all. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#commanded #distinction #hate #indiscriminately #love

First, then, State Socialism, which may be described as the doctrine that all the affairs of men should be managed by the government, regardless of individual choice. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#choice #described #doctrine #first #government

For, just as it has been said that there is no half-way house between Rome and Reason, so it may be said that there is no half-way house between State Socialism and Anarchism. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

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I have also seen it stated that Capital punishment is murder in its worst form. I should like to know upon what principle of human society these assertions are based and justified. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

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Aggression is simply another name for government. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

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