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Anarchy Quotes by Emma Goldman
- 'What I believe' is a process rather than a finality. Finalities are for gods and governments, not for the human intellect.
- Anarchism...stands for direct action, the open defiance of, and resistance to, all laws and restrictions, economic, social, and moral.
- Anarchism aims to strip labor of its deadening, dulling aspect, of its gloom and compulsion. It aims to make work an instrument of joy, of…
- Yes, authority, coercion, and dependence rest on the mass, but never freedom or the free unfoldment of the individual, never the birth of a free…
- Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name! Every fool, from king to policeman, from the flatheaded parson to the visionless…
- Anarchism is the only philosophy which brings to man the consciousness of himself; which maintains that God, the State, and society are non-existent, that their…
- "All government in essence," says Emerson, "is tyranny." It matters not whether it is government by divine right or majority rule. In every instance its…
- ANARCHISM:The philosophy of a new social order based on liberty unrestricted by man-made law; the theory that all forms of government rest on violence, and…
- A practical scheme, says Oscar Wilde, is either one already in existence, or a scheme that could be carried out under the existing conditions; but…
- Even were the workers able to have their own representatives, for which our good Socialist politicians are clamoring, what chances are there for their honesty…
- John Burroughs has stated that experimental study of animals in captivity is absolutely useless. Their character, their habits, their appetites undergo a complete transformation when…
- Real wealth consists in things of utility and beauty, in things that help to create strong, beautiful bodies and surroundings inspiring to live in.
- The emotions of the ignorant man are continuously kept at a pitch by the most blood-curdling stories about Anarchism. Not a thing too outrageous to…
- They do not want to know that centralization is not only the death-knell of liberty, but also of health and beauty, of art and science,…
- Anarchism asserts the possibility of an organization without discipline, fear, or punishment, and without the pressure of poverty: a new social organism which will make…
- Anarchism, the great leaven of thought, is today permeating every phase of human endeavor.... It is the philosophy of the sovereignty of the individual. It…
- The philosophy of Atheism represents a concept of life without any metaphysical Beyond or Divine Regulator. It is the concept of an actual, real world…
- The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State is itself the…
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- If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if… — Margaret Atwood
- Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of… — Mikhail Bakunin
- Grown men do not need leaders. — Edward Abbey
- The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will… — Samuel Adams
- The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government. — Henry Ward Beecher
- We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules. — Alan Bennett
- Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart. — Jeremy Bentham
- Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. — Ambrose Bierce
- Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god… — Aeschylus
- Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites… — Louis D. Brandeis
- Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live. — Charles Bukowski
- If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose. — Charles Bukowski