Benjamin Tucker
Benjamin Tucker
Benjamin Ricketson Tuckerwas a proponent, in the 19th century, of American individualist anarchism, which he called "unterrified Jeffersonianism," and editor and publisher of the individualist anarchist periodical Liberty...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 April 1854
CityDartmout, MA
CountryUnited States of America
Benjamin Tucker quotes about
men insult-to-injury liberty
To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury.
power men tyrants
The shortest way to change a radical into a conservative, a liberal into a tyrant, a man into a beast, is to give him power over his fellows.
names government aggression
Aggression is simply another name for government.
anarchist democrat
Anarchists are simply unterrified Jeffersonian Democrats.
government anarchy individual
If the individual has a right to govern himself, all external government is tyranny. Hence the necessity of abolishing the State.
american-activist forbids human insist invaded life principle sacred society themselves valid whatever
I insist that there is nothing sacred in the life of an invader, and there is no valid principle of human society that forbids the invaded to protect themselves in whatever way they can.
affairs american-activist doctrine men voluntary
This brings us to Anarchism, which may be described as the doctrine that all the affairs of men should be managed by individuals or voluntary associations, and that the State should be abolished.
based capital human principle punishment seen society stated worst
I have also seen it stated that Capital punishment is murder in its worst form. I should like to know upon what principle of human society these assertions are based and justified.
society
But this is not to say that the society which inflicts capital punishment commits murder.
american-activist defence effected initiation principle state though
Defence was an afterthought, prompted by necessity; and its introduction as a State function, though effected doubtless with a view to the strengthening of the State, was really and in principle the initiation of the State's destruction.
admitted allowed american-activist control individual larger liberty maintain matter state though
The right of such control is already admitted by the State Socialists, though they maintain that, as a matter of fact, the individual would be allowed a much larger liberty than he now enjoys.
american-activist borne claim history individual intimate life private relations state
The claim of the State Socialists, however, that this right would not be exercised in matters pertaining to the individual in the more intimate and private relations of his life is not borne out by the history of governments.