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> [“Set the standard as high as you will; live to it as near as you can; and if you fail, try yourself, judge yourself, condemn yourself, if you choose. Teach and persuade your neighbor if you can; consider and compare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/set-the-standard-as-high-as-you-will-live-to-it-as-near-as-you-can/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

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## More by Voltairine de Cleyre

> [And now, what has Anarchism to say to all this, this bankruptcy of republicanism, this modern empire that has grown up on the ruins…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/and-now-what-has-anarchism-to-say-to-all-this-this-bankruptcy-of/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

> [“It is the city that is wrong, and its creations can never be right; they may be improved; they can never be what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/it-is-the-city-that-is-wrong-and-its-creations-can-never-be-right/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

> [Private enterprise manages better all that to which it is equal. Anarchism declares that private enterprise, whether individual or cooperative, is equal to all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/private-enterprise-manages-better-all-that-to-which-it-is-equal/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

> [No one can hate petitions worse than I, and no one has less faith in them than I. But for my champion I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/no-one-can-hate-petitions-worse-than-i-and-no-one-has-less-faith-in/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

> [A standing army is a standing menace to liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/a-standing-army-is-a-standing-menace-to-liberty/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

> [ “\[T\]o remain in a continually exalted moral condition is not human nature.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/t-o-remain-in-a-continually-exalted-moral-condition-is-not-human/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/as-to-the-essence-of-commerce-and-manufacture-it-is-this-to-establish/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

> [Anarchism, to me, means not only the denial of authority, not only a new economy, but a revision of the principles of morality. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/anarchism-to-me-means-not-only-the-denial-of-authority-not-only-a-new/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

> [There is one common struggle against those who have appropriated the earth, the money, and the machines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/there-is-one-common-struggle-against-those-who-have-appropriated-the/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/it-is-understood-that-when-we-speak-of-history-we-do-not-allude-to/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

> [“Nearly all the laws which were originally framed with the intention of benefiting the workers, have either turned into weapons in their enemies’ hands,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/nearly-all-the-laws-which-were-originally-framed-with-the-intention/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

> [ \[The married woman is\] is a bonded slave, who takes her master's name, her master's bread, and serves her master's passion; \[and\] who passes… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/the-married-woman-is-is-a-bonded-slave-who-takes-her-master-s-name/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

> [Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/is-it-not-enough-that-things-are-cruel-and-blind-must-we-also-be/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

> [The revolution is ... the blow dealt ... agains the counter force of tyranny, which has never entirely recovered from the blow, but which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/the-revolution-is-the-blow-dealt-agains-the-counter-force-of-tyranny/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

> [... it is better to study how to live rather than how to die; ... it is better to have a religion of deeds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/it-is-better-to-study-how-to-live-rather-than-how-to-die-it-is-better/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

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