Voltairine de Cleyre Quote

If the believers in liberty wish the principles of liberty taught, let them never intrust that instruction to any government; for the nature of government is to become a thing apart, an institution existing for its own sake, preying upon the people, and teaching whatever will tend to keep it secure in its seat.

Anarchism and American Traditions (ed. Library of Alexandria, 1989) - ISBN: 9781465538017