Without the state there would be anarchy for that is, despite all the perfervid ravings of the Marxist Left and statist Right, all that anarchy means-the absence of the state, the opportunity for liberty. (Karl Hess)

Without the state there would be anarchy for that is, despite all the perfervid ravings of the Marxist Left and statist Right, all that anarchy means-the absence of the state, the opportunity for liberty.

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