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No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision. ↗

— Barbara Tuchman

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A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. ↗

— Lana Turner

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Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God; it is a sincere seeking for a good thing; and it is a concentration on the thing sought, with faith that it is obtainable. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

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Aggression is simply another name for government. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#another #government #name #simply

And this is the Anarchistic definition of the State: the embodiment of the principle of invasion in an individual, or a band of individuals, assuming to act as representatives or masters of the entire people within a given area. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

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But which is the State's essential function, aggression or defence, few seem to know or care. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

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First, then, State Socialism, which may be described as the doctrine that all the affairs of men should be managed by the government, regardless of individual choice. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

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One thing, however, is sure, - that in all cases the effort should be to impose all the cost of repairing the wrong upon the doer of the wrong. This alone is real justice, and of course such justice is necessarily free. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

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Such security is equal liberty. But it is not necessarily equality in the use of the earth. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

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The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

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