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Anarchist Quotes

If the individual has a right to govern himself, all external government is tyranny. Hence the necessity of abolishing the State.

If the individual has a right to govern himself, all external government is tyranny. Hence the necessity of abolishing the State.

Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1972). “State Socialism and Anarchism and Other Essays”, Ralph Myles Pub

An anarchist society, far from being a remote ideal, has become a precondition for the practice of ecological principles.

Janet Biehl, Murray Bookchin (1999). “The Murray Bookchin Reader”, p.20, Black Rose Books Ltd.

Anarchists are simply unterrified Jeffersonian Democrats.

Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1972). “State Socialism and Anarchism and Other Essays”, Ralph Myles Pub

Jesus was an anarchist savior. That's what the Gospels tell us.

"The Educational enterprise in the Light of the Gospel". Lecture in Chicago, www.davidtinapple.com. November 13, 1988.

An anarchist is someone who doesn't need a cop to make him behave.

Ammon Hennacy (2010). “The Book of Ammon”, p.34, Wipf and Stock Publishers

As an anarchist, I cannot reconcile myself to any government.

"Peter Kropotkin: From Prince to Rebel". Book by George Woodcock and Ivan Avakumović, p. 428, 1990.

If I had understood the situation a bit better I should probably have joined the Anarchists.

George Orwell, Sonia Orwell, Ian Angus (1968). “The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell: An age like this, 1920-1940”, Harvill Secker

I have been an Anarchist all my life.

"Durruti is Dead, Yet Living". Essay by Emma Goldman, 1936.

I am an anarchist, like any other sensible person. ~ Merlyn

T.H. White (1988). “The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future King”, p.124, University of Texas Press

The anarchist and the Christian have a common origin.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (2007). “Twilight of the Idols with the Antichrist and Ecce Homo”, p.19, Wordsworth Editions

I would also say that, in practice, many more Americans are anarchists than would ever use that term.

"How Do You Practice Intersectionalism? An Interview with bell hooks". Interview with Randy Lowens, nefac.net. March 15, 2012.