The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner. Albert J. Nock confiscationconquesthistory Change image and share on social
It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its own. Albert J. Nock moneypowerstate Change image and share on social
The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. Albert J. Nock apparentlybusinessconservation share on social
Organized Christianity has always represented immortality as a sort of common heritage; but I never could see why spiritual life should not be conditioned on the same terms as all life, i. e., correspondence with environment. Albert J. Nock christianitycommoncondition share on social
Considered now as a possession, one may define culture as the residuum of a large body of useless knowledge that has been well and truly forgotten. Albert J. Nock bodyconsiderculture Change image and share on social
The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much it digests. Albert J. Nock countdigestmind Change image and share on social
Life has obliged him to remember so much useful knowledge that he has lost not only his history, but his whole original cargo of useless knowledge; history, languages, literatures, the higher mathematics, or what you will - are all gone. Albert J. Nock cargohighhistory share on social
The business of a scientific school is the dissemination of useful knowledge, and this is a noble enterprise and indispensable withal; society can not exist unless it goes on. Albert J. Nock businessdisseminationenterprise Change image and share on social
I am said to be difficult of acquaintance, unwilling to meet any one half way, and showing a social manner which is easy, not diffident, but formal and unresponsive, tending constantly to hold people off. Albert J. Nock acquaintanceconstantlydifficult share on social
The question of who is right and who is wrong has seemed to me always too small to be worth a moment's thought, while the question of what is right and what is wrong has seemed all-important. Albert J. Nock importantmomentquestion Change image and share on social
