Anarchism is not chaos; Anarchism is not rejection of…

Anarchism is that political philosophy which advocates the maximization of individual responsibility and the reduction of concentrated power regal, dictatorial, parliamentary: the institutions which…

— Alex Comfort

Anarchism as a political philosophy seeks to dissolve all forms of authority and power, and if possible, wishes their complete abolition.

— Peter Marshall

“To most anarchists, the advocacy of freedom on Earth while bowing to a heavenly tyrant (no matter how imaginary) seems an insupportable contradiction.”

— Chaz Bufe

“For over a century and a half, anarchists have been arguing that coercive, hierarchical organization (as embodied in government and corporations) is not equivalent…

— Chaz Bufe

Anarchism means voluntary co-operation instead of forced participation. It means harmony and order in place of interference and disorder.

— Alexander Berkman

“They knew that their anarchism was the product of a very high civilization, of a complex diversified culture, of a stable economy and a…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

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

I see anarchism as the theoretical ideal to which we are all gradually evolving to a point where everybody can tell the truth to…

— Robert Anton Wilson

And now, what has Anarchism to say to all this, this bankruptcy of republicanism, this modern empire that has grown up on the ruins…

— Voltairine de Cleyre

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

— Amit Kalantri

“Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the bootmaker;…

— Mikhail Bakunin

“Do not all theists insist that there can be no morality, no justice, honesty or fidelity without the belief in a Divine Power? Based…

— Emma Goldman

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

In morals as in politics anarchy is not for the weak.

— Mary McCarthy

I know one thing: that you can do a lot of things but if you don't educate people into conscious anarchism it gets frittered…

— Murray Bookchin