Learning Has Always Been Made Much Of,

The State, On The Other Hand, Both In Its Genesis And By Its Primary Intention, Is Purely Anti-social. It Is Not Based On The Idea Of Natural Rights, But On The Idea That The Individual Has No Rights Except Those That The State May Provisionally Grant Him. It Has Always Made Justice Costly And Difficult Of Access, And Has Invariably Held Itself Above Justice And Common Morality Whenever It Could Advantage Itself By So Doing.

It Is Certainly True That Whatever A Man May Do Or Say, The Most Significant Thing About Him Is What He Thinks; And Significant Also Is How He Came To Think It, Why He Continued To Think It, Or, If He Did Not Continue, What The Influences Were Which Caused Him To Change His Mind.

As Sheer Casual Reading Matter, I Still Find The English Dictionary The Most Interesting Book In Our Language.

The Worst Of This Ever Growing Cancer Of Statism [ie Big 'paternal' Government - Socialism, Communism And Fascism] Is Its Moral Effect. The Country Is Rich Enough To Stand Its Frightful Economic Wastage For A Long Time Yet, And Still Prosper, But It Is Already So Poverty-stricken In Its Moral Resources That The Present Drain Will Quickly Run Them Out.

The Idea That The State Originated To Serve Any Kind Of Social Purpose Is Completely Unhistorical. It Originated In Conquest And Confiscation - That Is To Say, In Crime. It Originated For The Purpose Of Maintaining The Division Of Society Into An Owning-and-exploiting Class And A Propertyless Dependent Class - That Is, For A Criminal Purpose.