As regards the social apparatus of repression and coercion, the government, there cannot be any question of freedom. Government is essentially the negation of liberty. It is the recourse to violence or threat of violence in order to make all people obey the orders of the government, whether they like it or not. As far as the government's jurisdiction extends, there is coercion, not freedom. [...] It is beating, imprisoning, hanging. Whatever a government does it is ultimately supported by the actions of armed constables.
Énième épisode (Mise au Point, 11 décembre 2005) de l'impunité des forces du désordre. J'vais finir par avoir l'impression de répéter des évidences - des évidences dont malheureusement la plupart des gens ne sont pas prêts à tirer les conclusions qui s'imposent.