Just a random theory question and if you don’t know no worries:
I often see this quote attributed to Max Stirner:
“The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime.”
However, despite a good deal of research I cant find this phrasing in any of his written works. However, in both The Ego and His Own and the better translation, The Unique and its Property, I’ve found this similar quote:
“State behavior is an act of violence, and it calls its violence “legal right”; that of the individual, “crime.””
I’m wondering if you know where the “the state calls its own violence…” quote came from when it seems it didn’t come from Stirner’s own pen.
the proper quote is,
The State’s behavior is violence, and it calls its violence “law”; that of the individual, “crime.”
–Max Stirner, “The Ego and Its Own: My Power” (1844); transl. S. T. Byington
maybe someone just got messed up in a rush when they found the quote and missed a couple letters is all
wikiquote attributes the change to George Seldes, in his book 'the great quotations', from '60/'61




















