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“As set forth by theologians, the idea of 'God' is an argument that assumes its own conclusions, and proves nothing.”

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The aims of anarchists and true communists are identical.

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They make revolutionary propaganda because they know the privileged class can never be overturned peacefully.

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Anarchists are socialists because they want the improvement of society, and they are communists because they are convinced that such a transformation of society…

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If we hope and even assume that the social question will be answered through communism, and not in this or that country but in…

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Is anarchism possible? The failure of attempts to attain freedom does not mean the cause is lost.

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Above all, what socialist, without flushing with shame, maintains he is not a revolutionary? We say: none!.

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Anarchists prepare for social revolution and use every means - speech, writing, or deed, whichever is more to the point; to accelerate revolutionary development.

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Among all mental diseases that have been systematically inoculated into the human cranium, the religious pest is the most abominable.

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The aims of anarchists and true communists are identical. The anarchists, on behalf of the proletariat, therefore consider it necessary to show the proletariat…

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The god of the Christians, as we have seen, is the god who makes promises only to break them; who sends them pestilence and…

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It is the lash of hunger which compels the poor man to submit. In order to live he must sell - 'voluntarily' sell -…

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Fortunately, no country was ever more suited for anarchist agitation than present-day America.

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