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Albert J. Nock quotes: The only thing that the psychically-human being can do to improve society is to present society with one improved unit.

The only thing that the psychically-human being can do to improve society is to present society with one improved unit.

Albert J. Nock quotes: Personal publicity of every kind is utterly distasteful to me, and I have made greater efforts to escape it than most people make to get it.

Personal publicity of every kind is utterly distasteful to me, and I have made greater efforts to escape it than most people make to get it.

Albert J. Nock quotes: The simple truth is that our businessmen do not want a government that will let business alone. They want a government they can use.

The simple truth is that our businessmen do not want a government that will let business alone. They want a government they can use.

Albert J. Nock quotes: Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets.

Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets.

Albert J. Nock quotes: I have often wondered why the sounds of the beating drums do not make the marching soldiers shoot their officers and go home.

I have often wondered why the sounds of the beating drums do not make the marching soldiers shoot their officers and go home.

Albert J. Nock quotes: For the majority of people liberty means only the system and the administrators they are used to.

For the majority of people liberty means only the system and the administrators they are used to.

Albert J. Nock quotes: Man tends always to satisfy his needs and desires with the least possible exertion.

Man tends always to satisfy his needs and desires with the least possible exertion.

Albert J. Nock quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture.

Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture.

Albert J. Nock quotes: As sheer casual reading matter, I still find the English dictionary the most interesting book in our language.

As sheer casual reading matter, I still find the English dictionary the most interesting book in our language.

Albert J. Nock quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much it digests.

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 quotes: The mentality of an army on the march is merely so much delayed adolescence; it remains persistently, incorrigibly and notoriously infantile.

The mentality of an army on the march is merely so much delayed adolescence; it remains persistently, incorrigibly and notoriously infantile.

Albert J. Nock quotes: There's only one way to improve society. Present it with a single improved unit: yourself.

There's only one way to improve society. Present it with a single improved unit: yourself.

Albert J. Nock quotes: When we speak freely, let us speak plainly, for plain speech is wholesome; especially, plain speech about public affairs and public men.

When we speak freely, let us speak plainly, for plain speech is wholesome; especially, plain speech about public affairs and public men.

Albert J. Nock quotes: As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion.

As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion.

Albert J. Nock quotes: Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion.

Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion.

Albert J. Nock quotes: The mind is like the stomach. It not how much you put into it, but how much it digests.

The mind is like the stomach. It not how much you put into it, but how much it digests.

Albert J. Nock quotes: The primary reason for a tariff is that it enables the exploitation of the domestic consumer by a process indistinguishable from sheer robbery.

The primary reason for a tariff is that it enables the exploitation of the domestic consumer by a process indistinguishable from sheer robbery.