“In an absolutism, the autocrat is visible and tangible. The real despotism of republican institutions is far deeper, more insidious, because it rests on the popular delusion of self-government and independence. That is the subtle source of democratic tyranny, and,… — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
Anarchism means voluntary co-operation instead of forced participation. It means harmony and order in place of interference and disorder. — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
When the highwayman holds his gun to your head, you turn your valuables over to him. You 'consent' alright, but you do so because… — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder. — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
“In an absolutism, the autocrat is visible and tangible. The real despotism of republican institutions is far deeper, more insidious, because it rests on… — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
It is the system, rather than individuals, that is the source of pollution and degradation. My prison-house environment is but another manifestation of the… — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
...existence has become an unreasoning, wild dance around the golden calf, a mad worship of God Mammon. In that dance and in that worship… — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
Man's inhumanity to man is not the last word. The truth lies deeper. It is economic slavery, the savage struggle for a crumb, that… — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
“No intelligent radical can fail to realize the need of the rational education of the young. The rearing of the child must become a… — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood. It degrades and stupefies with the sense that you are not responsible, that… — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood. — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
If you can see, hear, feel, and think, you should know that King Dollar rules the United States, and that the workers are robbed… — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
