An Anarchist is anyone who denies the necessity and legitimacy of government; the question of his methods of attacking it is foreign to the definition.

Monopoly and privilege must be destroyed, opportunity afforded, and competition encouraged. This is Liberty's work, and Down with Authority her war-cry.

Laissez Faire was very good sauce for the goose, labor, but was very poor sauce for the gander, capital.

The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control.

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.

But which is the State's essential function, aggression or defence, few seem to know or care.

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.