Quote by Albert Jay Nock on Institutions and Self-Preservation

„Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, its first instinct is that of self-preservation. All its enterprises are directed first towards preserving its own life, and, second, towards increasing its own power and enlarging the scope of its own activity. For the sake of this it will, and regularly does, commit any crime which circumstances make expedient.“

Albert Jay NockAlbert Jay Nock describes how institutions act criminally through self-preservation and pursuit of power.
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Albert Jay Nock was an American libertarian author, editor, educational theorist, Georgist, and social critic.

Albert Jay Nock critically analyzes institutional power behavior and its instinct for self-preservation and expansion of power.


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Albert Jay Nock quote about institutions, self-preservation, power, and political institutions

Albert Jay Nock (1870–1945) was a prominent American writer and social critic known for his libertarian views and critique of the state. He was also an editor and educational theorist and supported the economic philosophy of Georgism.

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