Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. (Ayn Rand)

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

Ayn Rand

Related topics

force government legal monopoly physical threat use

Related quotes

The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment but it does no remove the necessity of subduing again and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered. View quote
Edmund Burke
It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment. View quote
Cicero
We know it because democracy alone, of all forms of government, enlists the full force of men's enlightened will. View quote
Franklin D. Roosevelt
A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe. View quote
Wayne W. Dyer
I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that. View quote
Donald Rumsfeld