How, o my Son, do thou then consider deeply of these Things in thine Ordering of the World under the Law of Thelema. For every Individual in the State must be perfect in his own Function, with Contentment, respecting his own Task as necessary and holy, not envious of another’s. For so only mayst thou build up a free state, whose directing Will shall be singly directed to the Welfare of all.
Aleister Crowley, Liber א vel CXI, The Book of Wisdom or Folly, Αλ De Ordine Rerum
The absolute rule of the state shall be a function of the absolute liberty of each individual will.
Aleister Crowley, The Scientific Solution to the Problem of Government
Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.
Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience [Bookshop, Amazon]
The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it.
Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience
the work of comparatively a few individuals using the standing government as their tool; for in the outset, the people would not have consented to this measure
Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience
