--- title: "4 Anarchist Quotes By Ernst Junger" description: "4 Anarchist quotes by Ernst Junger. Plus more from Ernst Junger and more Anarchist sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/ernst-junger-4532_anarch_the-anarch-differs-from-the-anarchist-in_515382.jpg" --- > [“The anarch differs from the anarchist in that he has a very pronounced sense of the rules. Insofar as and to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/the-anarch-differs-from-the-anarchist-in-that-he-has-a-very/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/ernst-junger-4532_anarch_the-anarch-differs-from-the-anarchist-in_515382.jpg) > [For the anarch, little is changed when he strips off a uniform that he wore partly as fool's motley, partly as camouflage.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/for-the-anarch-little-is-changed-when-he-strips-off-a-uniform-that-he/) [Ernst Junger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/782/ernst-junger-4532_anarchist_for-the-anarch-little-is-changed-when-he_1825260.jpg) > [The anarchist, as the born foe of authority, will be destroyed by it after damaging it more or less. The anarch, on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/the-anarchist-as-the-born-foe-of-authority-will-be-destroyed-by-it/) [Ernst Junger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/ernst-junger-4532_anarchist_the-anarchist-as-the-born-foe-of-authori_1839371.jpg) > [“For the anarch, little has changed; flags have meaning for him, but not sense. I have seen them in the air and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/for-the-anarch-little-has-changed-flags-have-meaning-for-him-but-not/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/ernst-junger-4532_anarch_for-the-anarch-little-has-changed-flags_2706728.jpg) ## Other authors on Anarchist - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-murray-bookchin-69610.jpg) Murray Bookchin 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/murray-bookchin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-emma-goldman-33179.jpg) Emma Goldman 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/emma-goldman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-kropotkin-74908.jpg) Peter Kropotkin 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/peter-kropotkin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-benjamin-tucker-17200.jpg) Benjamin Tucker 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/benjamin-tucker/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-johann-most-50766.jpg) Johann Most 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/johann-most/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-howard-zinn-42481.jpg) Howard Zinn 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/howard-zinn/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-g-k-chesterton-224.jpg) G.K. Chesterton 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/g-k-chesterton/) - [Errico Malatesta 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/errico-malatesta/) - [Ammon Hennacy 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/ammon-hennacy/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-april-gornik-14426.jpg) Rudolf Rocker 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/rudolf-rocker/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-george-bernard-shaw-68.jpg) George Bernard Shaw 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/george-bernard-shaw/) ## More by Ernst Junger > [Freedom is based on the anarch’s awareness that he can kill himself. He carries this awareness around; it accompanies him like a shadow that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/freedom-is-based-on-the-anarch-s-awareness-that-he-can-kill-himself/) [Ernst Junger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“Bruno withdrew from the field of history more resolutely than Vigo; that is why I prefer the former’s retrospect but the latter’s prospect. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/bruno-withdrew-from-the-field-of-history-more-resolutely-than-vigo/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“A great physicist is always a metaphysicist as well; he has a higher concept of his knowledge and his task.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/a-great-physicist-is-always-a-metaphysicist-as-well-he-has-a-higher/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“It is not that I as an anarch reject authority à tout prix. On the other contrary, I seek it, and that is precisely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/it-is-not-that-i-as-an-anarch-reject-authority-tout-prix-on-the-other/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“Obitus vitae otium est (Death is life's rest).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/obitus-vitae-otium-est-death-is-life-s-rest/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [The more the panic grows, the more uplifting the image of a man who refuses to bow to the terror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/the-more-the-panic-grows-the-more-uplifting-the-image-of-a-man-who/) [Ernst Junger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“I, as an anarch, renouncing any bond, any limitation of freedom, also reject compulsory education as nonsense. It was one of the greatest well-springs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/i-as-an-anarch-renouncing-any-bond-any-limitation-of-freedom-also/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“The anarch nurtures no expectations. He stakes on no one but himself. Basically, people remain pied pipers, whatever melodies they play to introduce themselves.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/the-anarch-nurtures-no-expectations-he-stakes-on-no-one-but-himself/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“I begin with the respect that the anarch shows towards the rules. Respectare as an intensive of respicere means: ‘to look back, to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/i-begin-with-the-respect-that-the-anarch-shows-towards-the-rules/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“At times I see them as if I were walking through the streets of Pompeii before the eruption of Vesuvius. This is one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/at-times-i-see-them-as-if-i-were-walking-through-the-streets-of/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“How can one explain this trend towards a more colorless and shallow life? Well, the work was easier, if less healthy, and it brought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/how-can-one-explain-this-trend-towards-a-more-colorless-and-shallow/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“The anarch differs from the anarchist in that he has a very pronounced sense of the rules. Insofar as and to the extent that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/the-anarch-differs-from-the-anarchist-in-that-he-has-a-very/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“Man is born violent but is kept in check by the people around him. If he nevertheless manages to throw off his fetters, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/man-is-born-violent-but-is-kept-in-check-by-the-people-around-him-if/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“The anarch, as I have expounded elsewhere, is the pendant to the monarch; he is as sovereign as the monarch, and also freer since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/the-anarch-as-i-have-expounded-elsewhere-is-the-pendant-to-the/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“The ship founders on a sandbank and then gets back afloat. Electric power stops; after a while, the machines start up again. During such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/the-ship-founders-on-a-sandbank-and-then-gets-back-afloat-electric/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anarchist/ernst-junger/#itemlist", "name": "4 Anarchist Quotes By Ernst Junger", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The anarch differs from the anarchist in that he has a very pronounced sense of the rules. Insofar as and to the extent that he observes them, he feels exempt from thinking. This is consistent with normal behavior: everyone who boards a train rolls over bridges and through tunnels that engineers have devised for him and on which a hundred thousand hands have labored. 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