--- title: "4 Abolition Quotes By Peter Kropotkin" description: "4 Abolition quotes by Peter Kropotkin. Plus more from Peter Kropotkin and more Abolition sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/peter-kropotkin-5421_abolition_anarchy-when-it-works-to-destroy-authori_1011592.jpg" --- > [Anarchy, when it works to destroy authority in all its aspects, when it demands the abrogation of laws and the abolition of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/anarchy-when-it-works-to-destroy-authority-in-all-its-aspects-when-it/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/peter-kropotkin-5421_abolition_anarchy-when-it-works-to-destroy-authori_1011592.jpg) > [It is only by the abolition of the State, by the conquest of perfect liberty by the individual, by free agreement, association,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/it-is-only-by-the-abolition-of-the-state-by-the-conquest-of-perfect/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b03/peter-kropotkin-5421_abolition_it-is-only-by-the-abolition-of-the-state_2509254.jpg) > [When we ask for the abolition of the State and its organs we are always told that we dream of a society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/when-we-ask-for-the-abolition-of-the-state-and-its-organs-we-are/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a05/peter-kropotkin-5421_abolition_when-we-ask-for-the-abolition-of-the-sta_2531222.jpg) > [Of all parties I now see only one party- The Anarchist- which respects human life, and loudly insists upon the abolition of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/of-all-parties-i-now-see-only-one-party-the-anarchist-which-respects/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c9/peter-kropotkin-5421_abolition_of-all-parties-i-now-see-only-one-party_2789765.jpg) ## Other authors on Abolition - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-douglass-36177.jpg) Frederick Douglass 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abolition/frederick-douglass/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-frank-j-prial-35743.jpg) GaryLFrancione 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abolition/garylfrancione/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karl-marx-55237.jpg) Karl Marx 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abolition/karl-marx/) ## More by Peter Kropotkin > [“It is impossible to reckon in figures the extent to which wealth is restricted indirectly, the extent to which energy is squandered, that might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/it-is-impossible-to-reckon-in-figures-the-extent-to-which-wealth-is/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) > [Think about the world you want to live and work in. What do you need to know to build the world? Demand that your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/think-about-the-world-you-want-to-live-and-work-in-what-do-you-need/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) > [The education we all receive from the State, at school and after, has so warped our minds that the very notion of freedom ends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/the-education-we-all-receive-from-the-state-at-school-and-after-has/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) > [“The prison population consists of heterogeneous elements; but, taking only those who are usually described as 'the criminals' proper, and of whom we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/the-prison-population-consists-of-heterogeneous-elements-but-taking/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) > [Idlers do not make history: they suffer it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/idlers-do-not-make-history-they-suffer-it/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) > [“It must have been law that developed in man the sense of just and unjust, right and wrong. Our readers may judge of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/it-must-have-been-law-that-developed-in-man-the-sense-of-just-and/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) > [“And by that habit of submission, with which we are only too familiar, the thought of the next generation retains this religious twist, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/and-by-that-habit-of-submission-with-which-we-are-only-too-familiar/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) > [“Acknowledging, as a fact, the equal rights of all its members to the treasures accumulated in the past, it no longer recognizes a division…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/acknowledging-as-a-fact-the-equal-rights-of-all-its-members-to-the/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) > [“And yet were you to talk to such a martyr, to the woman who is about to be hanged, even just as she nears…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/and-yet-were-you-to-talk-to-such-a-martyr-to-the-woman-who-is-about/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) > [The law is an adroit mixture of customs that are beneficial to society, and could be followed even if no law existed, and others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/the-law-is-an-adroit-mixture-of-customs-that-are-beneficial-to/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) > [But how do European railways manage without them? How do they continue to convey millions of travellers and mountains of luggage across a continent?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/but-how-do-european-railways-manage-without-them-how-do-they-continue/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) > [The State is only one of the forms assumed by society in the course of history. Why then make no distinction between what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/the-state-is-only-one-of-the-forms-assumed-by-society-in-the-course/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) > [In order that the revolution should be something more than a word, in order that the reaction should not lead us back tomorrow to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/in-order-that-the-revolution-should-be-something-more-than-a-word-in/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) > [All things for all men, since all men have need of them, since all men worked to produce them in the measure of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/all-things-for-all-men-since-all-men-have-need-of-them-since-all-men/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) > [Man is appealed to be guided in his acts, not merely by love, which is always personal, or at best tribal, but by his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/man-is-appealed-to-be-guided-in-his-acts-not-merely-by-love-which-is/) [Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abolition/peter-kropotkin/#itemlist", "name": "4 Abolition Quotes By Peter Kropotkin", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Anarchy, when it works to destroy authority in all its aspects, when it demands the abrogation of laws and the abolition of the mechanism that serves to impose them, when it refuses all hierarchical organization and preaches free agreement - at the same time strives to maintain and enlarge the precious kernel of social customs without which no human or animal society can exist. 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