148 Quotes About Collectivism

In particular, the State has arrogated to itself a compulsory monopoly over police and military services, the provision of law, judicial decision-making, the mint and the power to create money, unused land ("the public domain"), streets and highways, rivers and coastal waters, and the means of delivering mail...the State relies on control of the levers of propaganda to persuade its subjects to obey or even exalt their rulers.

The truth is, one who seeks to achieve freedom by petitioning those in power to give it to him has already failed, regardless of the response. To beg for the blessing of “authority” is to accept that the choice is the master’s alone to make, which means that the person is already, by definition, a slave.

Dear Anarcho-Communist,If you and I ever find ourselves in a stateless society, have no fear. Just mention that you are a communist, and I promise I will never try to "oppress" and "exploit" you by offering to trade with you, or by offering to pay you to do work.Sincerely,Larken Rose

The government enforces a monopoly over the production and distribution of its alleged 'services' and brings violence to bear against would-be competitors. In so doing, it reveals the fraud at the heart of its impudent claims and gives sufficient proof that it is not a genuine protector, but a mere protection racket.

No one has the right to place one human being in a position of political power over another.

This is not to say that individuality is the enemy and freedom of choice should be threatened but it is worth some contemplation when the ‘I’ comes at the cost of the ‘we’, what is left of you when the ‘us’ is gone?

People endorse negative liberty - the individual free of the State - and hate positive liberty - the individual harnessed by the State.

The individual makes art; the mob, history.

Progress is not a question of revenue, it is a question of collectivism.