Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.

No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to en…

The good of the people must be the great purpose of government. By the laws of nature and of reason, the governors are invested with power to that end. And the…

To say that man is a compound of strength and weakness, light and darkness, smallness and greatness, is not to indict him, it is to define him.

I own kids, no one fucks with me. The last guy that fucked with me got his shit pushed in out of his mouth, and he ended up choking on his own shit.

The heart of government, coated with whatever velvet gloves you want to put on it, is a mailed fist of force and coercion.

Any community's arm of force - military, police, security - needs people in it who can do necessary evil, and yet not be made evil by it. To do only the necess…