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 TuckerTherefore coercion of the non-invasive, when justifiable at all, is to be justified on the ground that it secures, not a minimum of ' invasion, but a minimum of pain.
Benjamin TuckerAn 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 TuckerLaissez Faire was very good sauce for the goose, labor, but was very poor sauce for the gander, capital.
Benjamin TuckerCommanded love of all men indiscriminately is an obliteration of distinction between love and hate, and therefore is not love at all.
Benjamin TuckerThe makers of dictionaries are dependent upon specialists for their definitions. A specialist's definition may be true or it may be erroneous. But its truth cannot be increased or its error diminished by its acceptance by the lexicographer. Each definition must stand on its own merits.
Benjamin Tucker