Freedom, Society, and State - Ludwig von Mises Institute

FOOTNOTES
(l)Onemay distinguish between "states" and governments."
For example, John Sanders says that "states are
not taken to be the same as governments••• They are
communities-with-governments." Government therefore is
a necessary but not a sufficient condition for a state.
Since Sanders defines government "in terms of coercion,"
and since government is a necessary condition for a
s tat e, the s tat e too isinher en t 1Y coer c i ve. See John
T. Sanders, The Ethical Argument Against Government
(Washington, D.C.: University Press of American, 1980),
p p. x i-xii i • Since the purpos e 0 f t h j sstudy i s topr e ­
sent and analyze a particular voluntary model of social
organization and to compare it with the coercive model,
unless otherwise noted, I will use the terms "government"
and flstate" interchangeably.
(2)Ludwig von Mises, The Free and Prosperous
Commonwealth: An Exposition of the Ideas of Classical
Liberalism (Princeton: D. Van Nostrand, 1962), pp.
26-37.
(3) Dan i e 1 Guer in, Anarehism, From Theory to
Practice (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1970), p. 12.
(4)Max Adler, "Max Stirner," Encyclopedia of the
Soc i a I Sci en c e s (N e w Yo r k: Ma cm illan, 1948), v0 I. 14,
p. 393. Also see George Woodcock, "Anarchism,"
Encyclopedia of Philosophy (New York: Macmillan,
19 6 7 ), v 0 I. 1, P p. 111- 14 , and e s pecia I 1Y P • 11 3 wh ere
Stirner is described as being on the "dubious fringe" of
anarchism.
(5) Pet er Kropotkin, "Anarchist Communism," The New
Encyclopedia of Social Reform, eds. William Bliss and
Rudolph Binder (New York: 1908), p. 47.
(6)George Woodcock, Anarchism, A History of
Libertarian Ideas and Movements (Cleveland: Meridian
Books, 1969), pp.163 and 204.
(7)William Morris, News Prom Nowhere (London:
1891).
(8)Mikhail Bakunin, "Stateless Socialism:
Anarchism," The Pol i tiealPh i losophY 0 f Ba kun in, ed •
G. P. Maximoff (New York: Free Press, 1953), pp. 298-99.
Also see Woodcock, A History, p. 164.
(9)Pierre Joseph Proudhon, "What is Property?",
Socialist Thought, eds. Albert Fried and Ronald
San d e r s (N ew Yo r k: Do ubI e day, 1964), p. 202; and
Woodcock, Anarchism, A History, p. 129.
(10)William Godwin, Enquiry Concerning Political
Justice (Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1976), p. 705.
(11)Benjamin Tucker, "State Socialism and
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