Almost the only persons who may be said to comprehend even approximately the significance, principles, and purposes of Socialism are the chief leaders of the extreme wings of the Socialistic forces, and perhaps a few of the money kings themselves.

Therefore 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.

Is not the very beginning of privilege, monopoly and industrial slavery this erecting of the ballot-box above the individual?

To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury.

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.

The Anarchists answer that the abolition of the State will leave in existence a defensive association, resting no longer on a compulsory but on a voluntary basis, which will restrain invaders by any means that may prove necessary.

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