“If you want to know the people of a nation, I am sure you can judge a great deal more about them from their cooking and eating traditions than you can from the words and actions of their public officials.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantActionNationsDealsFoodJudgingEatingTraditionCookingOfficialsCulinaryWords And ActionsPublic OfficialsCooking And Eating Author:Peter Kropotkin
“My brother could not write about trifles. Even in society he became animated only when some serious discussion was engaged in, and he complained of feeling 'a dull pain in the brain'--a physical pain, as he used to say--when he was with people who cared only for small talk.” PeopleWritingFeelingsPainUsedBrainSeriousBrotherDiscussionEngagedMy BrotherDullAnimatedTriflesPhysical PainSmall Talk Book:Memoirs of a Revolutionist Source: Memoirs of a Revolutionist
“The immense and ever increasing sums which the state wrings from the people are never enough for it; it mortgages the income of future generations, and steers resolutely toward bankruptcy.” PeopleStatesEnoughLibertyGenerationsIncomeImmenseFuture GenerationMortgageSteersBankruptcy Author:Peter Kropotkin
“The law has no claim to human respect. It has no civilizing mission; its only purpose is to protect exploitation.” PeopleHumansGovernmentLawPurposeProtectRespectClaimsHuman RightsMissionsExploitationGoverningAnarchist Author:Peter Kropotkin
“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 a law to alter it.” PeopleStatesLawEvilAnarchyRemedyBad People Book:Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings Source: Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings
