"Man's inhumanity to man is not the last……" — Alexander Berkman
"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 has converted mankind into wolves and sheep."
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Alexander Berkman
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13 Quotes by Alexander Berkman
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War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood.
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War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder.
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The cure for evil and disorder is more liberty, not suppression.
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The man who can face vilification and disgrace, who can stand up against the popular current, even against his friends…
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War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood. It degrades and stupefies with the sense that you…
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Inhumanity is the keynote of stupidity in power.
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Are you not compelled to work for an employer? Your need compels you just as the highwayman’s gun. You must live…
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What is this thing we call government? Is it anything but organized violence? The law orders you to obey, and…
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Anarchy: It is NOT bombs, disorder or chaos. It is NOT robbery and murder. It is NOT a war of…
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When the highwayman holds his gun to your head, you turn your valuables over to him. You 'consent' alright, but…
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...existence has become an unreasoning, wild dance around the golden calf, a mad worship of God Mammon. In that dance…
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If you can see, hear, feel, and think, you should know that King Dollar rules the United States, and that…
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The succession of individuals, connected by reproduction and belonging to a species, makes it possible for the specific form itself…
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Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.
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When I mount the scaffold at last these will be my farewell words to the sheriff: Say what you will…
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