Poverty, the existence of the poor, was the first cause of riches. — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
Either the State for ever, crushing individual and local life, taking over in all fields of human activity, bringing with it its… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“To seek pleasure, to avoid pain, is the general line of action (some would say law) of the organic world. Without this… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
A different conception of society, very different from that which now prevails, is in process of formation. Under the name of Anarchy,… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“And yet were you to talk to such a martyr, to the woman who is about to be hanged, even just as… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“Equality in mutual relations with the solidarity arising from it, this is the most powerful weapon of the animal world in the… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“We have seen the kind of morality which is even now shaping itself in the ideas of the masses and of the… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“What is all the enormous amount of activity spent uselessly in politics every day but an expression of the need to lend… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
Struggle so that all may live this rich, overflowing life. And be sure that in this struggle you will find a joy… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
Sociability is as much a law of nature as mutual struggle... mutual aid is as much a law of animal life as… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“And yet were you to talk to such a martyr, to the woman who is about to be hanged, even just as… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“It is in the ardent revolutionist to whom the joys of art, of science, even of family life, seem bitter, so long… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
Of all parties I now see only one party- The Anarchist- which respects human life, and loudly insists upon the abolition of… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
ANARCHISM (from the Gr. , and , contrary to authority), the name given to a principle or theory of life and conduct… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
Each individual is a cosmos of organs, each organ is a cosmos of cells, each cell is a cosmos of infinitely small… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“The feeling of solidarity is the leading characteristic of all animals living in society. The eagle devours the sparrow, the wolf devours… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“It is impossible to reckon in figures the extent to which wealth is restricted indirectly, the extent to which energy is squandered, that might… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
Think about the world you want to live and work in. What do you need to know to build the world? Demand that your… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
The education we all receive from the State, at school and after, has so warped our minds that the very notion of freedom ends… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“The prison population consists of heterogeneous elements; but, taking only those who are usually described as 'the criminals' proper, and of whom we have… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“It must have been law that developed in man the sense of just and unjust, right and wrong. Our readers may judge of this… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“And by that habit of submission, with which we are only too familiar, the thought of the next generation retains this religious twist, which… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“Acknowledging, as a fact, the equal rights of all its members to the treasures accumulated in the past, it no longer recognizes a division… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“And yet were you to talk to such a martyr, to the woman who is about to be hanged, even just as she nears… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
The law is an adroit mixture of customs that are beneficial to society, and could be followed even if no law existed, and others… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
But how do European railways manage without them? How do they continue to convey millions of travellers and mountains of luggage across a continent?… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
The State is only one of the forms assumed by society in the course of history. Why then make no distinction between what is… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
