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

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Source : Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1972). “State Socialism and Anarchism and Other Essays”, Ralph Myles Pub

Benjamin Tucker

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“As I look back on my own life, I recognize this simple truth: The greatest opportunities were the scariest lions. Part of me has wanted to play it safe, but Iâ€™ve learned that taking no risks is the greatest risk of all.”
“In order to tap into the power of dreaming, we must connect not only to the human story, but to all of nature and creation as well”
“It is inconceivable that a secret arm of the government has to comply with all the overt orders of the government.”

Source : "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA". Book by Tim Weiner (p. 390), 2008.
“The best feeling is to win by knockout.”
“The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.”
“There never was a winner, who wasn't a beginner.”
“Most frontmen are not born hams like David Lee Roth. We're more like Joey Ramone: awkward geeks who somehow find our place in the world on the stage.”
“Her heart was heavy because it was open, and so things filled it, and so things rushed out of it, but still the heart kept beating, tough and frighteningly powerful and meaning to shrug off the rest of her and continue on its own.”

Source : Helen Oyeyemi (2011). “Mr Fox”, p.171, Pan Macmillan

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