And now, what has Anarchism to say to all this, this bankruptcy of republicanism, this modern empire that has grown up on… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
The revolution is ... the blow dealt ... agains the counter force of tyranny, which has never entirely recovered from the blow,… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
A man won't steal, ordinarily, unless that which he steals is something he cannot as easily get without stealing; in liberty the… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
Make no laws whatever concerning speech, and speech will be free; so soon as you make a declaration on paper that speech… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
Speak, speak, speak, & remember that whenever anyone's liberty to speak is denied, your liberty is denied also, & your place is… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it. — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
If the believers in liberty wish the principles of liberty taught, let them never intrust that instruction to any government; for the… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
If you choose the liberty and pride and strength of the single soul, and the free fraternization of men, as the purpose… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
And now, what has Anarchism to say to all this, this bankruptcy of republicanism, this modern empire that has grown up on the ruins… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
“It is the city that is wrong, and its creations can never be right; they may be improved; they can never be what they… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
Private enterprise manages better all that to which it is equal. Anarchism declares that private enterprise, whether individual or cooperative, is equal to all… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
No one can hate petitions worse than I, and no one has less faith in them than I. But for my champion I am… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
“[T]o remain in a continually exalted moral condition is not human nature.” — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
“As to the essence of Commerce and Manufacture, it is this: to establish bonds between every corner of the earth’s surface and every other… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
Anarchism, to me, means not only the denial of authority, not only a new economy, but a revision of the principles of morality. It… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
There is one common struggle against those who have appropriated the earth, the money, and the machines. — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
“It is understood that when we speak of history we do not allude to the unspeakable trash contained in public school text-books (which in… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
“Nearly all the laws which were originally framed with the intention of benefiting the workers, have either turned into weapons in their enemies’ hands,… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
[The married woman is] is a bonded slave, who takes her master's name, her master's bread, and serves her master's passion; [and] who passes… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image