In short, the difference between Communism, fascism, and democracy and — Statism

"This is the fulfillment of statism. It is a state of mind that does not recognize any ego but that of the collective. For analogy one must go to the pagan practice of human sacrifice: when the gods called for it, when the medicine man so insisted, as a condition for prospering the clan, it was incumbent on the individual to throw himself into the sacrificial fire. In point of fact, statism is a form of paganism, for it is worship of an idol, something made by man. Its base is pure dogma."

"Statism is the Utopian ideal that just the right amount of violence used by just the right people in just the right direction can perfect society."

"Statism—the subordination of the individual to the state—leads inevitably to the most hideous oppression."

"Government is the only form in which we can envisage the State, but it is by no means identical with it. That the State is a mystical conception is something that must never be forgotten."

"When people say lets do something about it, they mean lets get hold of the political machinery so that we can do something to somebody else. And that somebody is invariably you."

"Government is a disease masquerading as its own cure."