"The Theory of Social and Economic Organization" Quotes

The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the 'disenchantment of the world.'

The decisive means for politics is violence.

The state is considered the sole source of the 'right' to use violence.

The more bureaucracy 'depersonalizes' the exercise of authority, the more completely it succeeds in eliminating love, hatred, and all purely personal, irrational, and emotional elements.

The capitalist process of rationalization and the bureaucratization accompanying it have led to a general sense of disenchantment and to the 'iron cage' of modernity.

The spiritual life of the community depends upon the type and extent of the organization of its economic order.

The type of authority by which a leader commands voluntary obedience is the only one that can be considered legitimate.

The relationship between capitalism and the spirit of capitalism is not one of cause and effect, but rather a complex interplay of factors.

The modern state is a compulsory association which organizes domination.

The purely economic order is not a closed system of values, but is dependent upon the spiritual and ethical values of the community.