The whole of mankind's progress has had to be achieved against the resistance and opposition of the state and its power of coercion.
Ludwig von MisesThe main characteristic of collectivism is that it does not take notice of the individual's will and moral self-determination. In the light of its philosophy the individual is born into a collective and it is "natural" and proper for him to behave as members of this collective are expected to behave. Expected by whom? Of course, by those individuals to whom, by the mysterious decrees of some mysterious agency, the task of determining the collective will and directing the actions of the collective has been entrusted.
Ludwig von MisesThe masses do not like those who surpass them in any regard. The average man envies and hates those who are different.
Ludwig von Mises