What, Then Is Law [government]? It Is

Finally, Is Not Liberty The Restricting Of The Law Only To Its Rational Sphere Of Organizing The Right Of The Individual To Lawful Self-defense; Of Punishing Injustice?

Government Is The Great Fiction, Through Which Everybody Endeavors To Live At The Expense Of Everybody Else.

Life, Faculties, Production-in Other Words, Individuality, Liberty, Property-this Is Man. And In Spite Of The Cunning Of Artful Political Leaders, These Three Gifts From God Precede All Human Legislation, And Are Superior To It.

It Is Not True That The Legislator Has Absolute Power Over Our Persons And Property, Since They Pre-exist, And His Work Is Only To Secure Them From Injury. It Is Not True That The Mission Of The Law Is To Regulate Our Consciences, Our Ideas, Our Will, Our Education, Our Sentiments, Our Works, Our Exchanges, Our Gifts, Our Enjoyments. Its Mission Is To Prevent The Rights Of One From Interfering With Those Of Another, In Any One Of These Things.

What, Then Is Law [government]? It Is The Collective Organization Of The Individual Right To Lawful Defense.