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Whether the State bear the name of a monarchy or of a republic, crime will always be necessary for its preservation and its triumph. The State will doubtless change its direction and its object, but its nature will remain the same: always the energetic, permanent violation of justice, compassion, and honesty, for the welfare of the State.
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Any logical and straightforward theory of the State is essentially founded upon the principle of authority, that is, the eminently theological, metaphysical, and political idea that the masses, always incapable of governing themselves, must at all times submit to the beneficent yoke of a wisdom and a justice imposed upon them, in some way or other, from above.
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...every act of authority of one man over another, for which there is not an absolute necessity, is tyrannical.
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...mankind, who always suspect the voice of reason, and who choose rather to be led by authority...
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...command, which only obtains a counterfeit and momentary obedience.
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Indeed:
Who says anarchy, says negation of government;
Who says negation of government says affirmation of the people;
Who says affirmation of the people, says individual liberty;
Who says individual liberty, says sovereignty of each;
Who says sovereignty of each, says equality;
Who says equality, says solidarity or fraternity;
Who says fraternity, says social order;
By contrast:
Who says government, says negation of the people;
Who says negation of the people, says affirmation of political authority;
Who says affirmation of political authority, says individual dependency;
Who says individual dependency, says class supremacy;
Who says class supremacy, says inequality;
Who says inequality, says antagonism;
Who says antagonism, says civil war,
From which it follows that who says government, says civil war.
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Despotism is monarchy corrupted, in which a court and a prince in appearance remain, but in which every subordinate rank is destroyed; in which the subject is told, that he has no rights; that he cannot possess any property, nor fill any station independent of the momentary will of his prince.
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The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.
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Man's yearning for liberation from all authority and power will never be soothed by their cracked song. Man's quest for freedom from every shackle is eternal. It must and will go on.
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...political government, whose sole basis is, not pure reason, but authority and precedent.
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An established government has an infinite advantage, by that very circumstance of its being established; the bulk of mankind being governed by authority, not reason...
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...the days of authority are passing away.
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...we can only repeat what we have so often said concerning authority in general: "To avoid a possible evil you have recourse to means which in themselves are a greater evil, and become the source of those same abuses that you wish to remedy..."
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...there is nothing here but States and their weapons, the rich and their lies, and the poor and their misery.
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For a man's property is not at all secure, though there be good and equitable laws to set the bounds of it between him and his fellow-subjects, if he who commands those subjects have power to take from any private man what part he pleases of his property, and use and dispose of it as he thinks good...
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Belief in and submission to authority is the root cause of all our misery.
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...no man has a natural authority over his fellow...
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Under the dominion of the state there is no property of mine.
Chronology :
April 09, 2020 : Authority -- Added.
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