"For the machine, because of the way it……" — Rudolf Rocker

"For the machine, because of the way it is built, can work only in a given direction, no matter who pulls its levers."

— Rudolf Rocker

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14 Quotes by Rudolf Rocker

Rudolf Rocker has 14 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The nation which can only be saved by one man and wants to be saved that way deserves a whipping!
For the anarchist, freedom is not an abstract philosophical concept, but the vital concrete possibility of every human being to…
Power operates only destructively, bent always on forcing every manifestation of life into the straitjacket of its laws. Its intellectual…
The peoples owe all political rights and privileges which we enjoy today in greater or lesser measure, not to the…
I am an Anarchist not because I believe Anarchism is the final goal, but because there is no such thing…
Power operates only destructively, bent always on forcing every manifestation of life into the straitjacket of its laws. Its intellectual…
Anarchism is no patent solution for all human problems, no Utopia of a perfect social order, as it has often…
Power always acts destructively, for its possessors are ever striving to lace all phenomena of social life into a corset…
Asceticism in most cases is either the result of a sordid imagination or of passion diverted from its natural course,…
Political [or individual] rights do not exist because they have been legally set down on a piece of paper, but…
People forgot that industry is not an end in itself, but should be only a means to insure to man…
Culture is not created by command. It creates itself, arising spontaneously from the necessities of men and their social cooperative…

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More Built Quotes

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Canada was built on dead beavers. — Margaret Atwood
A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason. — Margaret Atwood
You're never going to kill storytelling, because it's built into the human plan. We come with it. — Margaret Atwood
A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise… — Sai Baba
There is also work to do in the evolution of a stable family life and values, and in ensuring that… — Ibrahim Babangida
Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture. — Michele Bachmann
Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity. — Francis Bacon
But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit… — Christian Bale
When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is… — Ansel Adams
We want you to sit down and leave your egos at home and let's get an understanding as to where… — Afrika Bambaataa
Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science; like all… — Amelia Barr
As long as there's land available, single-family homes will be built, and Colorado residents will always go for a single-family… — Gary Bauer

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