Q: What's an anarchist? A: Someone who was kicked out of…

Yes, I am 100% anarchist. Anarchy, to me, is a belief that all transactions, all activity, should be voluntary. It is a peaceful philosophy…

— Jeff Berwick

Anarchists know that a long period of education must precede any great fundamental change in society, hence they do not believe in vote begging,…

— Lucy Parsons

The anarchists put the thing upside down. They declare that the proletarian revolution must begin by doing away with the political organization of the…

— Friedrich Engels

To be an anarchist only means that you believe that aggression is not justified, and that states necessarily employ aggression. And, therefore, that states,…

— Stephan Kinsella

“Libertarian opponents of anarchy are attacking a straw man. Their arguments are usually utilitarian in nature and amount to "but anarchy won’t work" or…

— N. Stephan Kinsella

The Anarchists are right in everything; in the negation of the existing order, and in the assertion that, without authority, there could not be…

— Leo Tolstoy

I define anarchist society as one where there is no legal possibility for coercive aggression against the person or property of any individual. Anarchists…

— Murray Rothbard

In debates between anarchists and statists, the burden of proof clearly should rest on those who place their trust in the state. Anarchy's mayhem…

— Robert Higgs

The Anarchists are simply unterrified Jeffersonian Democrats. They believe that 'the best government is that which governs least,' and that which governs least is…

— Benjamin Tucker

Anarchists are opposed to violence; everyone knows that. The main plank of anarchism is the removal of violence from human relations. It is life…

— Errico Malatesta

“An anarchist government somehow creates an impression in the hearts of citizens that no one cares.”

— Amit Kalantri

From my point of view the killing of another, except in defense of human life, is archistic, authoritarian, and therefore, no Anarchist can commit…

— Jo Labadie

“To be an anarchist only means that you believe that aggression is not justified, and that states necessarily employ aggression. And, therefore, that states,…

— Anonymous

The three most ancient opinions concerning God are Anarchia, Polyarchia, and Monarchia. The first two are the sport of the children of Hellas, and…

— Anonymous

Anarchism is a definite intellectual current in the life of our times, whose adherents advocate the abolition of economic monopolies and of all political…

— Rudolf Rocker