"War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit……" — Alexander Berkman
"War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood."
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Alexander Berkman
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13 Quotes by Alexander Berkman
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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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Man's inhumanity to man is not the last word. The truth lies deeper. It is economic slavery, the savage struggle…
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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 ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate…
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Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
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To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
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