Alan Moore

The roots of the word 'anarchy' are 'an archos,' 'no leaders,' which is not really about the kind of chaos that most people imagine when the word 'anarchy' is mentioned. I think that anarchy is, to the contrary, about taking personal responsibility for yourself.

British Writer

Arthur Henderson

Four years of world war, at a cost in human suffering which our minds are mercifully too limited to imagine, led to the very clear realization that international anarchy must be abandoned if civilization was to survive.

British Politician

Adam Rapp

There was a kind of physical anarchy that dominated most of my younger life. I was always too skinny, not hairy enough, my voice jumped around. It was a thing that drove me away from towel lines in gym class.

American Novelist

Morris Gleitzman

In all of my books, I'm taking them on an emotionally challenging and sometimes physically dangerous process with a bit of fun and anarchy along the way. With the power comes responsibility.

English Author

Mark Helprin

The human race is intoxicated with narrow victories, for life is a string of them like pearls that hit the floor when the rope breaks, and roll away in perfection and anarchy.

Steven Pinker

Everywhere you look for comparisons of life under anarchy and life under government, life under government is less violent.

Canadian Scientist

Aldous Huxley

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.

English Novelist

Lawrence Lessig

A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.

American Educator

Henry Ward Beecher

The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

American Clergyman

Leonora Carrington

I suppose what I believe in is peaceful anarchy.

British Artist

Use 'anarchy' to describe extreme instability in a region due to absence of government control.

Political Unrest

'Anarchy' implies destruction and fear during such chaotic situations, typically seen as undesirable.

Negative Connotation

Use in contexts of political discourse or news, usually not in casual conversation.

Context Specific

In political contexts, 'anarchy' refers to a school of thought advocating for no rulers.

Political Ideology

'Anarchy' can be seen as an ideal society in some political philosophies, contrary to chaos.

Utopian Vision

Anarchy can imply self-governing structures without hierarchical systems in academic discussions.

Self-Governance

'Anarchy' is used to denote a breakdown in systems or protocols in institutions or gatherings.

Lack of Control

'Anarchy' can be exaggeratedly used to describe any disorderly situation humorously or critically.

Hyperbole

Sometimes, 'anarchy' is applied figuratively to describe minor chaos or disobedience.

Figurative Use

 Yet the world has never been more democratic than it has been in the past decade, with two-thirds of the world's people living in democracies. Homicide rates plunge whenever anarchy and the code of vendetta are replaced by the rule of law. It happened when feudal Europe was brought under the control of centralized kingdoms,

Is the world getting...

 60s as being a time of anarchy but really I was a little girl through the 60s and what I remember about them was if everybody wanted to participate and they thought they had a right to participate in the world when we look at the civil rights movement and D colonialization across the world and

Want interstellar...

 any music that deviated from established musical conventions, fearing that doing so would lead to the degradation of the standards of civilization, the corruption of youth, and eventually complete and utter anarchy. While Plato's fears can seem extreme,

Music and creativity in...

 coincided with the rise of centralized states. So that's a bit of a support for the leviathan theory. Also supporting it is the fact that we today see eruptions of violence in zones of anarchy, in failed states, collapsed empires,

The surprising decline...

 Africa was a mess. Somalia had disintegrated into anarchy. Rwanda was in the throes of this genocidal war. And it seemed to me that that was the wrong direction, and I needed to be back helping.

Patrick Awuah: Educating...

 in fact, if the world were just filled with compassion, there would be anarchy and chaos. There had to be limits to all things. The rabbis describe this as being like a king

Jackie Tabick: The...

 Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

"The Second Coming" by...

 in this power vacuum the nest descends into anarchy the workers turn on their own larvae and fight amongst themselves

Hornet Queen Murdered By...

 when a society collapses into anarchy and violence civilians inevitably take matters into their own hands Syria

Hell on Earth - Official...

 in this power vacuum the nest descends into anarchy