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> [Fortunately, no country was ever more suited for anarchist agitation than present-day America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-most/fortunately-no-country-was-ever-more-suited-for-anarchist-agitation/)

[Johann Most](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-most/)

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> [If on the one side we do not harbor the illusion that the entire proletariat must be enlightened before it can be called into battle, so on the other we do not doubt that as much enlightenment as possible must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-most/if-on-the-one-side-we-do-not-harbor-the-illusion-that-the-entire/)

[Johann Most](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-most/)

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## More by Johann Most

> [The aims of anarchists and true communists are identical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-most/the-aims-of-anarchists-and-true-communists-are-identical/)

[Johann Most](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-most/)

> [They make revolutionary propaganda because they know the privileged class can never be overturned peacefully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-most/they-make-revolutionary-propaganda-because-they-know-the-privileged/)

[Johann Most](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-most/)

> [Anarchists are socialists because they want the improvement of society, and they are communists because they are convinced that such a transformation of society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-most/anarchists-are-socialists-because-they-want-the-improvement-of/)

[Johann Most](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-most/)

> [As set forth by theologians, the idea of 'God' is an argument that assumes its own conclusions, and proves nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-most/as-set-forth-by-theologians-the-idea-of-god-is-an-argument-that/)

[Johann Most](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-most/)

> [If we hope and even assume that the social question will be answered through communism, and not in this or that country but in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-most/if-we-hope-and-even-assume-that-the-social-question-will-be-answered/)

[Johann Most](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-most/)

> [Is anarchism possible? The failure of attempts to attain freedom does not mean the cause is lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-most/is-anarchism-possible-the-failure-of-attempts-to-attain-freedom-does/)

[Johann Most](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-most/)

> [Above all, what socialist, without flushing with shame, maintains he is not a revolutionary? We say: none!.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-most/above-all-what-socialist-without-flushing-with-shame-maintains-he-is/)

[Johann Most](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-most/)

> [Anarchists prepare for social revolution and use every means - speech, writing, or deed, whichever is more to the point; to accelerate revolutionary development.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-most/anarchists-prepare-for-social-revolution-and-use-every-means-speech/)

[Johann Most](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-most/)

> [Among all mental diseases that have been systematically inoculated into the human cranium, the religious pest is the most abominable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-most/among-all-mental-diseases-that-have-been-systematically-inoculated/)

[Johann Most](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-most/)

> [The aims of anarchists and true communists are identical. The anarchists, on behalf of the proletariat, therefore consider it necessary to show the proletariat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-most/the-aims-of-anarchists-and-true-communists-are-identical-the/)

[Johann Most](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-most/)

> [The god of the Christians, as we have seen, is the god who makes promises only to break them; who sends them pestilence and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-most/the-god-of-the-christians-as-we-have-seen-is-the-god-who-makes/)

[Johann Most](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-most/)

> [It is the lash of hunger which compels the poor man to submit. In order to live he must sell - 'voluntarily' sell -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-most/it-is-the-lash-of-hunger-which-compels-the-poor-man-to-submit-in/)

[Johann Most](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-most/)

> [Fortunately, no country was ever more suited for anarchist agitation than present-day America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-most/fortunately-no-country-was-ever-more-suited-for-anarchist-agitation/)

[Johann Most](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-most/)

> [While we have entertained the contention that a deed may make more propaganda than hundreds of speeches, thousands of articles, and tens of thousands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-most/while-we-have-entertained-the-contention-that-a-deed-may-make-more/)

[Johann Most](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-most/)

> [The existing system will be quickest and most radically overthrown by the annihilation of its exponents. Therefore, massacres of the enemies of the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-most/the-existing-system-will-be-quickest-and-most-radically-overthrown-by/)

[Johann Most](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-most/)

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