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“Anarchism does not mean bloodshed; it does not mean robbery, arson, etc. These monstrosities are, on the contrary, the characteristic features of capitalism. Anarchism means peace and tranquility to all.”

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“We are going to inherit the earth . There is not the slightest doubt about that. The bourgeoisie may blast and burn its own world before it finally leaves the stage of history. We Are not afraid of ruins. We who ploughed the prairies and built the cities can build again, only better next time. We carry a new world, here in our hearts. That world is growing this minute.”

“The star of revolution will rise high above the streets of Moscow, from a sea of blood and fire, and turn into a lodestar to lead a liberated humanity”

Humanity Turns Stars Fire Blood Sea Streets Revolution Anarchy Liberated Moscow

Author:Mikhail Bakunin

“You can't mine coal without machine guns.”

Mines Gun Machines Anarchy Coal Machine Guns

Author:Richard B. Mellon

“'What I believe' is a process rather than a finality. Finalities are for gods and governments, not for the human intellect.”

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Book:Emma Goldman

Source: Emma Goldman

“I do not wish to remove from my present prison to a prison a little larger. I wish to break all prisons.”

Littles Wish Break Prison Remove Anarchy

Book:Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source: Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Any revolutionary agitation exacts enormous sacrifices, not so much in terms of prison sentences and years of incarceration - which have been raining down by the hundreds of years annually - as in terms of the manifold personal sacrifices sustained by those who commit themselves to revolutionary agitation.”

Years Has Beens Term Sacrifice Rain Prison Sentences Enormous Commit Revolutionary Anarchy Agitation Incarceration Manifold Personal Sacrifice

Author:Peter Kropotkin

“Anarchism...stands for direct action, the open defiance of, and resistance to, all laws and restrictions, economic, social, and moral.”

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Author:Emma Goldman

“Anarchism aims to strip labor of its deadening, dulling aspect, of its gloom and compulsion. It aims to make work an instrument of joy, of strength, of color, of real harmony, so that the poorest sort of a man should find in work both recreation and hope.”

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Book:Anarchism: Top Crime Collections

Source: Anarchism: Top Crime Collections

“Workers and their families may starve to death in the New World Order of economic rationality, but diamond necklaces are cheaper in elegant New York shops, thanks to the miracle of the market.”

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Book:World Orders, Old and New

Source: World Orders, Old and New

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