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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.”

Quote by Johann Most

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Johann Most
Johann Most

Johann Most was a German-born American anarchist, journalist, and revolutionary. He was a prominent figure in the American labor movement and the anarchist movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Known for his advocacy of direct action, Most played a significant role in the Haymarket Affair. more

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“Anarchy, when it works to destroy authority in all its aspects, when it demands the abrogation of laws and the abolition of the mechanism that serves to impose them, when it refuses all hierarchical organization and preaches free agreement - at the same time strives to maintain and enlarge the precious kernel of social customs without which no human or animal society can exist. Only, instead of demanding that those social customs should be maintained through the authority of a few, it demands it from the continued action of all.”