Benjamin Tucker
1854 - 1939
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Biography
Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1854–1939) was an American individualist anarchist, publisher, and advocate of free-market anarchism. He is best known for his publication of the influential anarchist periodical 'Liberty', which was known for promoting individualist anarchism and the theory of natural rights. Tucker's ideas on mutual banking, opposition to intellectual property, and support for voluntary cooperation influenced the development of anarchism in the United States.
Famous Quotes (5)
1
The Anarchists are simply unterrified Jeffersonian Democrats. They believe that 'the best government is that which governs least,' and that that government is best which governs not at all.
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Anarchism is the only philosophy which brings to man the consciousness of himself; which maintains that God, the State, and society are non-existent, that their promises are null and void, since they can be fulfilled only through man's subordination.
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Rich people have always been the target of statist attack; socialism is an attack upon it in a modified form.
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If the State's prime function is warfare, its secondary function is internal warfare - that is, the suppression of the enemy within the State.
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Liberty and equality are supplementary goods; neither can be fully realized if the other does not flourish.