Perhaps even more than constituted authority, it is social uniformity and sameness that harass the individual most.
Emma GoldmanThe strongest bulwark of authority is uniformity; the least divergence from it is the greatest crime.
Emma GoldmanHow long would authority ... exist, if not for the willingness of the mass to become soldiers, policemen, jailers, and hangmen.
Emma GoldmanThe State is a term for the legislative and administrative machinery whereby certain business of the people is transacted, and badly so.
Emma Goldman