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Albert J. Nock Quotes: The only thing that the psychically-human being can do to improve society is to present society with one improved unit.
         

The only thing that the psychically-human being can do to improve society is to present society with one improved unit.


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The question of who is right and who is wrong has seemed to me always too small to be worth a moment's thought, while the question of what is right and what is wrong has seemed all-important.

The question of who is right and who is wrong has seemed to me always too small to be worth a moment's thought, while the question of what is right and what is wrong has seemed all-important.



The primary reason for a tariff is that it enables the exploitation of the domestic consumer by a process indistinguishable from sheer robbery.

The primary reason for a tariff is that it enables the exploitation of the domestic consumer by a process indistinguishable from sheer robbery.



As a general principle, I should put it that a man's country is where the things he loves are most respected. Circumstances may have prevented his ever setting foot there, but it remains his country.

As a general principle, I should put it that a man's country is where the things he loves are most respected. Circumstances may have prevented his ever setting foot there, but it remains his country.



Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion.

Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion.



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

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



It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its own.

It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its own.



The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much it digests...

The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much it digests...



As Dr. Sigmund Freud has observed, it can not even be said that the State has ever shown any disposition to suppress crime, but only to safeguard its own monopoly of crime.

As Dr. Sigmund Freud has observed, it can not even be said that the State has ever shown any disposition to suppress crime, but only to safeguard its own monopoly of crime.



I have often wondered why the sounds of the beating drums do not make the marching soldiers shoot their officers and go home.

I have often wondered why the sounds of the beating drums do not make the marching soldiers shoot their officers and go home.



For the majority of people liberty means only the system and the administrators they are used to.

For the majority of people liberty means only the system and the administrators they are used to.





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When the bullseye becomes as big as an elephant in your mind, you won’t be able to miss it.



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There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea of the country.



The correlations between real life experience and the storylines in novels are never as direct or simple as they might seem.

The correlations between real life experience and the storylines in novels are never as direct or simple as they might seem.



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Playing girls is cool, but its a lot more fun playing boys.



I wish it were O.K. in this country to look one's age, whatever it is. Maturity has a lot going for it, even in terms of esthetics. For example, you no longer get bubblegum stuck in your braces.

I wish it were O.K. in this country to look one's age, whatever it is. Maturity has a lot going for it, even in terms of esthetics. For example, you no longer get bubblegum stuck in your braces.



I am trying to teach my children to feel a responsibility for their fellow human beings and a sense of connection with ... the world around them.

I am trying to teach my children to feel a responsibility for their fellow human beings and a sense of connection with ... the world around them.



Are we at some kind of evolutionary equipoise as a species? Or, are we destined to become something different - something, perhaps, even better adapted to the environment?

Are we at some kind of evolutionary equipoise as a species? Or, are we destined to become something different - something, perhaps, even better adapted to the environment?



I cannot help but think that great results would have been obtained had my views been thought better of; yet I am much inclined to accept the present condition as for the best.

I cannot help but think that great results would have been obtained had my views been thought better of; yet I am much inclined to accept the present condition as for the best.



Freud said he didn't know what women wanted. I know what women want. They want a whole lot of people to talk to.

Freud said he didn't know what women wanted. I know what women want. They want a whole lot of people to talk to.



With intelligence and humility and dedication as our ammunition, we can wage the peace throughout the world with a strength beyond armies, destroying nothing except hate and greed and distrust.

With intelligence and humility and dedication as our ammunition, we can wage the peace throughout the world with a strength beyond armies, destroying nothing except hate and greed and distrust.




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