“All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates.” WarEndsStatesPoliticalPeaceAuthorityAnti WarAntiwarPolitical Power Book:Fugitive essays: selected writings of Frank Chodorov Source: Fugitive essays: selected writings of Frank Chodorov
“The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates.” GivingWarStatesPeaceGiving UpLustAcquireAnti WarAntiwarIncapableInsatiableLust For Power Author:Frank Chodorov
“The pertinent question: if Americans did not want these wars should they have been compelled to fight them?” IfsWantShouldHas BeensWarFightingPeaceAnti WarAntiwarCompelledPertinentPertinent Questions Book:Fugitive essays: selected writings of Frank Chodorov Source: Fugitive essays: selected writings of Frank Chodorov
“Since the State thrives on what it expropriates, the general decline in production that it induces by its avarice foretells its own doom. Its source of income dries up. Thus, in pulling Society down it pulls itself down. Its ultimate collapse is usually occasioned by a disastrous war, but preceding that event is a history of increasing and discouraging levies on the marketplace, causing a decline in the aspirations, hopes, and self-esteem of its victims.” WarSelfStatesEventsSelf EsteemSourceUltimateVictimProductionsIncomeEsteemAspirationThriveDeclineCollapsePullingDoomMarketplaceDiscouragingAvarice Book:Rise and Fall of Society Source: Rise and Fall of Society
