Emmanuel Goldstein

for the Republic against The State

To the average citizen, the bureaucratic instructions on a Federal or State form carry the force, power and fear of a Law.

The State cannot make “suggestions”.  It can only ever deliver directives.

Free people can treat each other justly, but they can’t make life fair. To get rid of the unfairness among individuals, you have to exercise power over them. The more fairness you want, the more power you need. Thus, all dreams of fairness become dreams of tyranny in the end.

— Andrew Klavan