"Whatever the State saith is a lie;..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
Whatever the State saith is a lie; whatever it hath is a theft: all is counterfeit in it, the gnawing, sanguinary, insatiate monster.
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“Virtues are dangerous as vices insofar as they are allowed to rule over one as authorities and not as qualities one develops oneself.”
“Resistance - that is the distinction of the slave. Let your distinction be obedience. Let your commanding itself be obeying!”
“The broad effects which can be obtained by punishment in man and beast, are the increase of fear, the sharpening of the sense of cunning, the mastery of the desires; so it is that punishment tames man, but does not make him "better.".”
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“Congress is the most powerful branch. It can expand a progressive society, or it can block a progressive society.”
“In general I esteem it a good maxim, that the best way to preserve the confidence of the people durably is to promote their true interest”
“Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.”
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“The ideally non-violent state will be an ordered anarchy.”
“The mass State has no intention of promoting mutual understanding and the relationship of man to man; it strives, rather, for atomization, for the psychic isolation of the individual. The more unrelated individuals are, the more consolidated the State becomes, and vice versa.”
“The State doesn't just want you to obey, it wants to make you WANT to obey.”