The State Claims And Exercises The Monopoly

Diligent As One Must Be In Learning, One Must Be As Diligent In Forgetting; Otherwise The Process Is One Of Pedantry, Not Culture.

As Far As I Know, I Have No Pride Of Opinion.

The Simple Truth Is That Our Businessmen Do Not Want A Government That Will Let Business Alone. They Want A Government They Can Use.

It Is Unfortunately None Too Well Understood That, Just As The State Has No Money Of Its Own, So It Has No Power Of Its Own. All The Power It Has Is What Society Gives It, Plus What It Confiscates From Time To Time On One Pretext Or Another, There Is No Other Source From Which State Power Can Be Drawn. Therefore Every Assumption Of State Power, Whether By Gift Or Seizure Leaves Society With So Much Less Power; There Is Never, Nor Can Be, Any Strengthening Of State Power Without A Corresponding And Roughly Equivalent Depletion Of Social Power.

The Only Thing That The Psychically-human Being Can Do To Improve Society Is To Present Society With One Improved Unit.