Quotes about State Harm

Francis Bacon

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

Patrick Henry

Instead of useful members of the state, they [ministers] ought to be considered enemies of the community, ... and very justly deserved to be punished with signal severity .

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Ludwig von Mises

The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.

Winston Churchill

His colleagues [cannot] compare with him in that acuteness and energy of mind with which he devotes himself to so many topics injurious to the strength and welfare of the state.

Referring to Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer:

P. J. O'Rourke

Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.

Robert Higgs

In debates between anarchists and statists, the burden of proof clearly should rest on those who place their trust in the state. Anarchy's mayhem is wholly conjectural; the state's mayhem is undeniably, factually horrendous.

Marquis de Sade

It is not the opinions or the vices of private individuals that are harmful to the State, but rather the behavior of public figures.

Marcus Aurelius

And finally remember that nothing harms him who is really a citizen, which does not harm the state; nor yet does anything harm the state which does not harm law [order]; and of these things which are called misfortunes not one harms law. What then does not harm law does not harm either state or citizen.

State Harm Quotes