Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name! — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
It's an old anarchist dream that people can take care of their own lives. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
“Anarchism is necessarily anti-capitalist in that it “opposes the exploitation of man by man.” — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Anarchism misunderstands the real nature of man. It would be practicable only in a world of angels and saints — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the… — Federica Montseny Copy Share Image
“Anarchists have a 'bad name' in the media, not because they can point to one indiscriminate massacre by anarchists--there have been none--but… — Stuart Christie Copy Share Image
The anarchists are not promising anything to anyone. The anarchists only want people to be conscious of their own situation and seize… — Maria Nikiforova Copy Share Image
“Common to all Anarchists is the desire to free society of all political and social coercive institutions which stand in the way… — Rudolf Rocker Copy Share Image
If you look at a lot of traditional societies, they're all organized along what we might call anarchist guidelines, but it's not… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Anarchism, to me, means not only the denial of authority, not only a new economy, but a revision of the principles of… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
The anarchic is the true divine state of man in the end as in the beginning; but in between it would lead… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
There are different forms of anarchy and different currents in it. I must, first say very simply what anarchy I have in… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
People’s State, is a yoke, on the one hand giving rise to despotism and on the other to slavery. They say that… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
Anarchism as the name for an ideal total social form is a really complicated question. I have never found satisfying answers from… — Cynthia Kauffman Copy Share Image
“They knew that their anarchism was the product of a very high civilization, of a complex diversified culture, of a stable economy… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
The Anarchists are right in everything; in the negation of the existing order, and in the assertion that, without authority, there could… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The nearer we come to the full military suppression of the bourgeoisie, the more dangerous becomes to us the high flood of… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
“Destruction and violence! How is the ordinary man to know that the most violent element in society is ignorance; that its power… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“We have killed “duty” so that our ardent desire for free brotherhood acquires heroic valor in life. We have killed “pity” because… — Renzo Novatore Copy Share Image
Anarchism, the great leaven of thought, is today permeating every phase of human endeavor… It is the philosophy of the sovereignty of… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“If this is the price to be paid for an idea, then let us pay. There is no need of being troubled… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
“The principles of liberalism can have a real existence only in conjunction with a police system. Anarchism is an attempt to cleanse… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
“The political superstition is still holding sway over the hearts and minds of the masses, but the true lovers of liberty will… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Normal kids are turned into Borribles very slowly, almost without being aware of it; but one day they wake up and there… — Michael De Larrabeiti Copy Share Image
“To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued,… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
“To call the population of strangers in the midst of which we live "society" is such a usurpation that even the sociologists… — The Invisible Committee Copy Share Image
“Having been brought up in a serf-owner's family, I entered active life, like all young men of my time, with a great… — Pyotr Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
“To be an anarchist only means that you believe that aggression is not justified, and that states necessarily employ aggression. And, therefore,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anarchism has but one infallible, unchangeable motto, 'Freedom.' Freedom to discover any truth, freedom to develop, to live naturally and fully. — Lucy Parsons Copy Share Image
Today's terrorism is not the product of a traditional history of anarchism, nihilism, or fanaticism. It is instead the contemporary partner of… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
The Anarchists are simply unterrified Jeffersonian Democrats. They believe that 'the best government is that which governs least,' and that which governs… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
Is anarchism desirable? Well, who does not seek freedom? What man, unless willing to declare himself in bondage, would care to call… — Johann Most Copy Share Image
In debates between anarchists and statists, the burden of proof clearly should rest on those who place their trust in the state.… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
Anarchism, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Anarchists try to identify power structures. They urge those exercising power to justify themselves. This justification does not succeed most of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“We have been expropriated from our own language by television, from our songs by reality TV contests, from our flesh by mass… — The Invisible Committee Copy Share Image
Capitalistic Anarchism ? Oh, yes, if you choose to call it so. Names are indifferent to me; I am not afraid of… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
I get asked quite often if I'm an anarchist. If they want to put a label on me, that's fine. What is… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
