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Anarchy Quotes - Page 4

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

As to the American tradition of non-meddling, Anarchism asks that it be carried down to the individual himself.

Voltairine De Cleyre (1989). “Anarchism and American Traditions”, p.17, Library of Alexandria

Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy.

John Ralston Saul (2012). “The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

The media is the right arm of anarchy.

Dan Brown (2006). “Angels & Demons: A Novel”, p.253, Simon and Schuster

All pity choked with custom of fell deeds.

William Shakespeare (1996). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.597, Wordsworth Editions

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides (2016). “The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides”, p.301, Modern Library

In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law . . That would lead to anarchy.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.61, Beacon Press

Whenever government abandons law, it proclaims anarchy.

Edmund Burke (1988). “Irish Affairs”, Vintage

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

Will Durant, Ariel Durant (1967). “Rousseau and Revolution: A History of Civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the Remainder of Europe from 1715 to 1789”

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). “A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year”, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations