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If the individual has a right to govern himself, all external government is tyranny. Hence the necessity of abolishing the State.

If the individual has a right to govern himself, all external government is tyranny. Hence the necessity of abolishing the State.

Benjamin Tucker
Government, Anarchy, Anarchist
Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1972). “State Socialism and Anarchism and Other Essays”, Ralph Myles Pub

The State is said by some to be a necessary evil; it must be made unnecessary.

Benjamin Tucker
Evil, Anarchy, Unnecessary
Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1972). “Instead of a Book”

The Anarchists are simply unterrified Jeffersonian Democrats. They believe that 'the best government is that which governs least,' and that which governs least is no government at all.

Benjamin Tucker
Believe, Government, Anarchy
Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1972). “State Socialism and Anarchism and Other Essays”, Ralph Myles Pub

The main question ... is not what motive inspired the law, but what it will be possible for men of bad motive to do with the law.

Benjamin Tucker
Men, Law, Anarchy
Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1898). “A Blow at Trial by Jury: An Examination of the Special Jury Law Passed by the New York Legislature in 1896”

This, then, is the Anarchistic definition of government: the subjection of the non-invasive individual to an external will.

Benjamin Tucker
Government, Definitions, Anarchy
Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1972). “Instead of a Book”

An Anarchist is anyone who denies the necessity and legitimacy of government; the question of his methods of attacking it is foreign to the definition.

Benjamin Tucker
Government, Definitions, Anarchy

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