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> [“The Anarcho-Syndicalists know that wars are only waged in the interest of the ruling classes; they believe, therefore, that any means is justifiable that can prevent the organised murder of peoples.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-rocker/the-anarcho-syndicalists-know-that-wars-are-only-waged-in-the/)

[Rudolf Rocker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-rocker/)

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## More by Rudolf Rocker

> [Anarchism is a definite intellectual current in the life of our times, whose adherents advocate the abolition of economic monopolies and of all political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-rocker/anarchism-is-a-definite-intellectual-current-in-the-life-of-our-times/)

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> [Every culture, if its natural development is not too much affected by political restrictions, experiences a perpetual renewal of the formative urge, and out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-rocker/every-culture-if-its-natural-development-is-not-too-much-affected-by/)

[Rudolf Rocker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-rocker/)

> [“For the Anarchist, freedom is not an abstract philosophical concept, but the vital concrete possibility for every human being to bring to full development…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-rocker/for-the-anarchist-freedom-is-not-an-abstract-philosophical-concept/)

[Rudolf Rocker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-rocker/)

> [For the anarchist, freedom is not an abstract philosophical concept, but the vital concrete possibility of every human being to bring to full development…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-rocker/for-the-anarchist-freedom-is-not-an-abstract-philosophical-concept-2/)

[Rudolf Rocker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-rocker/)

> [Education is character development, harmonious completion of human personality. But what the state accomplishes in this field is dull drill, extinction of natural feeling,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-rocker/education-is-character-development-harmonious-completion-of-human/)

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> [The nation which can only be saved by one man and wants to be saved that way deserves a whipping!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-rocker/the-nation-which-can-only-be-saved-by-one-man-and-wants-to-be-saved/)

[Rudolf Rocker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-rocker/)

> [For the machine, because of the way it is built, can work only in a given direction, no matter who pulls its levers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-rocker/for-the-machine-because-of-the-way-it-is-built-can-work-only-in-a/)

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> [Modern Anarcho-Syndicalism is a direct continuation of those social aspirations which took shape in the bosom of the First International and which were best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-rocker/modern-anarcho-syndicalism-is-a-direct-continuation-of-those-social/)

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> [The will to power which always emanates from individuals or from small minorities in society is in fact a most important driving force in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-rocker/the-will-to-power-which-always-emanates-from-individuals-or-from/)

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> [One compels respect from others when he knows how to defend his dignity as a human being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-rocker/one-compels-respect-from-others-when-he-knows-how-to-defend-his/)

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> [Freedom is the very essence of life, the impelling force in all intellectual and social development, the creator of every new outlook for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-rocker/freedom-is-the-very-essence-of-life-the-impelling-force-in-all/)

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> [Anarchism has a broad back, like paper it endures anything,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-rocker/anarchism-has-a-broad-back-like-paper-it-endures-anything/)

[Rudolf Rocker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-rocker/)

> [Culture is not created by command. It creates itself, arising spontaneously from the necessities of men and their social cooperative activity. No ruler could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-rocker/culture-is-not-created-by-command-it-creates-itself-arising/)

[Rudolf Rocker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-rocker/)

> [“Anarchism has in common with Liberalism the idea that the happiness and prosperity of the individual must be the standard of all social matters.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-rocker/anarchism-has-in-common-with-liberalism-the-idea-that-the-happiness/)

[Rudolf Rocker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-rocker/)

> [ Political \[or individual\] rights do not exist because they have been legally set down on a piece of paper, but only when they have… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-rocker/political-or-individual-rights-do-not-exist-because-they-have-been/)

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