It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its own.
Albert J. NockThe State, on the other hand, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the idea of natural rights, but on the idea that the individual has no rights except those that the State may provisionally grant him. It has always made justice costly and difficult of access, and has invariably held itself above justice and common morality whenever it could advantage itself by so doing.
Albert J. NockThere's only one way to improve society. Present it with a single improved unit: yourself.
Albert J. Nock