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Aggression is simply another name for government.

— Benjamin Tucker



I cannot convince myself that there is anyone so wise, so universally comprehensive in his judgment, that he can be trusted with the power to tell others: "You shall not express yourself thus, you shall not describe your own experiences; or depict the fantasies which your mind has created; or laugh at what others set up as respectable; or question old beliefs; or contradict the dogmas of the church, of our society, our economic systems, and our political orthodoxy."

— Jake Zeitlin



If people behaved like governments, you’d call the cops.

— Kelvin Throop



There is no such thing as a good tax.

— Winston Churchill



No matter who you vote for, the government gets elected.



Politics, from the Greek "poly", meaning many, and "ticks", small, annoying bloodsuckers.

— Dave Barry



The people have to vote in referendums until the people vote the way that is wanted. Then they have to stop voting. Why stop? Let us continue voting. The European Union is what Americans would call a shotgun marriage.

— Vladimir Bukovsky



An old woman is riding a crowded bus and has to stand with her heavy packages. Finally, someone in front of her gives up a seat and so she grabs it. "Thank God," she says.

A man in the seat behind her says "Excuse me comrade, but this is an atheist society. You should say "Thank Stalin," not "Thank God.""

"Of course you are right," the old woman says. "Thank Stalin." She is silent for a moment, then says: "Comrade, I have just had a terrible thought: What shall we say when Stalin dies?"

The man behind her replies "In that case I think we can say "Thank God"."



What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?

— Thomas Jefferson



Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

— Leo Tolstoy