Murder is an offensive act. The term cannot be applied legitimately to any defensive act.

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And this is the Anarchistic definition of the State: the embodiment of the principle of...

And this is the Anarchistic definition of the State: the embodiment of the principle of...

In the matter of the maintenance and rearing of children the Anarchists would neither institute...

In the matter of the maintenance and rearing of children the Anarchists would neither institute...

Such security is equal liberty. But it is not necessarily equality in the use of...

Such security is equal liberty. But it is not necessarily equality in the use of...

Socialism, on the contrary, extends its function to the description of society as it should...

Socialism, on the contrary, extends its function to the description of society as it should...

The Anarchists answer that the abolition of the State will leave in existence a defensive...

The Anarchists answer that the abolition of the State will leave in existence a defensive...

But this is not to say that the society which inflicts capital punishment commits murder.

But this is not to say that the society which inflicts capital punishment commits murder.

The right of such control is already admitted by the State Socialists, though they maintain...

The right of such control is already admitted by the State Socialists, though they maintain...

For, just as it has been said that there is no half-way house between Rome...

For, just as it has been said that there is no half-way house between Rome...

The two principles referred to are Authority and Liberty, and the names of the two...

The two principles referred to are Authority and Liberty, and the names of the two...

And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be...

And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be...

Aggression is simply another name for government.

Aggression is simply another name for government.

First, then, State Socialism, which may be described as the doctrine that all the affairs...

First, then, State Socialism, which may be described as the doctrine that all the affairs...

The claim of the State Socialists, however, that this right would not be exercised in...

The claim of the State Socialists, however, that this right would not be exercised in...

Commanded love of all men indiscriminately is an obliteration of distinction between love and hate,...

Commanded love of all men indiscriminately is an obliteration of distinction between love and hate,...

The moment that justice must be paid for by the victim of injustice it becomes...

The moment that justice must be paid for by the victim of injustice it becomes...

We are here, on earth. Not one of us has any right to the earth.

We are here, on earth. Not one of us has any right to the earth.

I have also seen it stated that Capital punishment is murder in its worst form....

I have also seen it stated that Capital punishment is murder in its worst form....

Therefore coercion of the non-invasive, when justifiable at all, is to be justified on the...

Therefore coercion of the non-invasive, when justifiable at all, is to be justified on the...

The cost of justice can be justly paid only by the invader.

The cost of justice can be justly paid only by the invader.

The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control.

The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control.