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Benjamin Tucker quotes

American Activist April 17, 1854 – June 22, 1939

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I have also seen it stated that Capital punishment is murder in its worst form. I should like to know upon what principle of human society these assertions are based and justified. Benjamin Tucker
The Anarchists answer that the abolition of the State will leave in existence a defensive association, resting no longer on a compulsory but on a voluntary basis, which will restrain invaders by any means that may prove necessary. Benjamin Tucker
Benjamin Tucker quote: "The moment that justice must be paid for by the victim of..."
The moment that justice must be paid for by the victim of injustice it becomes itself injustice. Benjamin Tucker
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
Benjamin Tucker quote: "But this is not to say that the society which inflicts capital..."
But this is not to say that the society which inflicts capital punishment commits murder. Benjamin Tucker
Benjamin Tucker quote: "The exercise of authority over the same area by two States is..."
The exercise of authority over the same area by two States is a contradiction. Benjamin Tucker
Benjamin Tucker quote: "Such security is equal liberty. But it is not necessarily..."
Such security is equal liberty. But it is not necessarily equality in the use of the earth. Benjamin Tucker
Marx, as we have seen, solved it by declaring capital to be a different thing from product, and maintaining that it belonged to society and should be seized by society and employed for the benefit of all alike. Benjamin Tucker
For, just as it has been said that there is no half-way house between Rome and Reason, so it may be said that there is no half-way house between State Socialism and Anarchism. Benjamin Tucker
Defence was an afterthought, prompted by necessity; and its introduction as a State function, though effected doubtless with a view to the strengthening of the State, was really and in principle the initiation of the State's destruction. Benjamin Tucker
Benjamin Tucker quote: "The cost of justice can be justly paid only by the invader."
The cost of justice can be justly paid only by the invader. Benjamin Tucker
Benjamin Tucker quote: "We are here, on earth. Not one of us has any right to the earth."
We are here, on earth. Not one of us has any right to the earth. Benjamin Tucker
Socialism, on the contrary, extends its function to the description of society as it should be, and the discovery of the means of making it what it should be. Benjamin Tucker
Benjamin Tucker quote: "Aggression is simply another name for government."
Aggression is simply another name for government. Benjamin Tucker
Benjamin Tucker quote: "The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control."
The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control. Benjamin Tucker

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