"The basic function of the government everywhere in……" — Errico Malatesta
"The basic function of the government everywhere in all times, whatever title it adopts and whatever its origin and organisation may be, is always that of oppressing and exploiting the masses, of defending the oppressors and the exploiters: and it's principal, characteristic and indispensable instruments are the police agent and the tax-collector, the soldier and the gaoler - to whom must be invariably added the trader in lies, be he priest of schoolmaster, remunerated or protected by the government to enslave minds and make them docilely accept the yoke."
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14 Quotes by Errico Malatesta
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And by anarchist spirit I mean that deeply human sentiment, which aims at the good of all, freedom and justice…
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We follow ideas and not men, and rebel against this habit of embodying a principle in a man.
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If you say that you reject violence when it exceeds the limits imposed by the needs of defense, they accuse…
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Anarchists are opposed to violence; everyone knows that. The main plank of anarchism is the removal of violence from human…
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For anarchy to succeed or simply to advance towards its success it must be conceived not only as a lighthouse…
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Not whether we accomplish anarchism today, tomorrow, or within ten centuries, but that we walk towards anarchism today, tomorrow, and…
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While preaching against every kind of government, and demanding complete freedom, we must support all struggles for partial freedom, because…
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Anarchism is the abolition of exploitation and oppression of man by man, that is, the abolition of private property and…
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Intolerance of oppression, the desire to be free and develop one personality to its full limits, is not enough to…
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The question may seem embarrassing, but it can be answered in a few words. For two people to live in…
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We anarchists do not want to emancipate the people; we want the people to emancipate themselves.
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Hate does not produce love, and by hate one cannot remake the world.
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