Anarchy Quotes

415 Anarchy quotes by 271 unique authors

Anarchism does not mean bloodshed; it does not mean robbery, arson, etc. These monstrosities are, on the contrary, the characteristic features of capitalism. Anarchism means… — August Spies
If we have to use force, it is because we are America. — Madeleine Albright
We are going to inherit the earth . There is not the slightest doubt about that. The bourgeoisie may blast and burn its own world… — Buenaventura Durruti
The star of revolution will rise high above the streets of Moscow, from a sea of blood and fire, and turn into a lodestar to… — Mikhail Bakunin
You can't mine coal without machine guns. — Unknown Author
'What I believe' is a process rather than a finality. Finalities are for gods and governments, not for the human intellect. — Emma Goldman
I do not wish to remove from my present prison to a prison a little larger. I wish to break all prisons. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Any revolutionary agitation exacts enormous sacrifices, not so much in terms of prison sentences and years of incarceration - which have been raining down by… — Peter Kropotkin
Anarchism...stands for direct action, the open defiance of, and resistance to, all laws and restrictions, economic, social, and moral. — Emma Goldman
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… — Emma Goldman
Workers and their families may starve to death in the New World Order of economic rationality, but diamond necklaces are cheaper in elegant New York… — Noam Chomsky
In the hands of a people whose education has been willfully neglected, the ballot is a cunning swindle benefitting only the united barons of industry,… — Daniel Guerin
Capitalism can no more be 'persuaded' to limit growth than a human being can be 'persuaded' to stop breathing. Attempts to 'green' capitalism, to make… — Murray Bookchin
Everyone can feel the nothingness, the void, just beneath the surface of everyday routines and securities. — John Zerzan
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… — Emma Goldman
What is freedom? What is slavery? Does man's freedom consist in revolting against all laws? We say No, in so far as laws are natural,… — Mikhail Bakunin
Life will not be a pyramid with the apex sustained by the bottom, but an oceanic circle whose centre will be the individual. — Mahatma Gandhi
In this day of wonders no one will say that a thing or an idea is worthless because it is new. To say it is… — Mahatma Gandhi
It's sadly predictable that the only way you can come up with a way to celebrate the liberation you feel at leaving the old system… — Mao Zedong
We can either passively continue on the road to utter domestication and destruction or turn in the direction of joyful upheaval, passionate and feral embrace… — John Zerzan
The Anarchists are simply unterrified Jeffersonian Democrats. They believe that 'the best government is that which governs least,' and that which governs least is no… — Benjamin Tucker
From my point of view the killing of another, except in defense of human life, is archistic, authoritarian, and therefore, no Anarchist can commit such… — Jo Labadie
In existing States a fresh law is looked upon as a remedy for evil. Instead of themselves altering what is bad, people begin by demanding… — Peter Kropotkin
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… — Emma Goldman
Law never made man a whit more just; and by means of their respect for it, even the well disposed are daily made agents of… — Henry David Thoreau

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