“Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche , book Thus Spoke Zarathustra

The quote "Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen." is famous quote by Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None, Part I, Chapter 11, "Vom neuen Götzen" ("The New Idol"). Published in four parts between 1883 and 1891 Another translation: “But the state lieth in all languages of good and evil; and whatever it saith it lieth; and whatever it hath it hath stolen.”

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