The phrase attributed to Friedrich Nietzsche is not a direct quotation from his work, but rather a modern paraphrase of a passage from Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), specifically from the chapter 'On the New Idol'. Nietzsche does not formulate a political theory. Rather, he offers an ontological and symbolic critique of the state as an idol — an entity that lies when it identifies itself with the 'people' and exercises power by appropriating the values and forces created by individuals. Reducing this critique to a slogan would be anachronistic; Nietzsche does not discuss the market, property or legal order, but rather the relationship between the individual, power, and the production of value.