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Category: Albert Jay Nock

Albert Jay Nock

The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner.

evil, freedom, libertarian, liberty, non-aggression-principle, statism, taxation, theft, voluntaryism

Albert Jay Nock

In literature one has the best company in the world at complete command; one also has the worst. One has a social conscience which dissuades one from harbouring unprofitable company in life, and I find that my two canons are a great aid and support for an analogous literary conscience which speaks up against consorting with unprofitable company in literature.

Albert Jay Nock

There’s only one way to improve society. Present it with a single improved unit: yourself.

conservatism, individualism, society

Albert Jay Nock

In literature one has the best company in the world at complete command; one also has the worst. One has a social conscience which dissuades one from harbouring unprofitable company in life, and I find that my two canons are a great aid and support for an analogous literary conscience which speaks up against consorting with unprofitable company in literature.

Albert Jay Nock

There’s only one way to improve society. Present it with a single improved unit: yourself.

conservatism, individualism, society