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Only the man who has successfully rid himself of the chains of ...

2026-03-17T02:00:24Z

Only the man who has successfully rid himself of the chains of oppression and seen all the horrors being perpetrated against the human race can be persuaded that his freedom and that of his neighbor are inviolable, as are their lives, and that his neighbor is his brother.
-- Nestor Makhno

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I am not a political man and I have no political convictions. I ...

2026-03-16T22:00:40Z

I am not a political man and I have no political convictions. I am an individual and a believer in liberty. That is all the politics I have.
-- Charlie Chaplin

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The individualist anarchist critiques to free themselves and ...

2026-03-16T18:00:24Z

The individualist anarchist critiques to free themselves and others.
-- Emile Armand

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I am sorry to see friends impelled by passion drifting to the ...

2026-03-16T13:00:23Z

I am sorry to see friends impelled by passion drifting to the idea of vengeance, which is so little scientific, so sterile. But armed defense of a right is not violence.
-- Elisee Reclus

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Who wants a world in which the guarantee that we shall not die of ...

2026-03-16T08:00:24Z

Who wants a world in which the guarantee that we shall not die of starvation entails the risk of dying of boredom?
-- Raoul Vaneigem

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The police are making more anarchists than I could do in ten ...

2026-03-13T22:00:23Z

The police are making more anarchists than I could do in ten years. -- Emma Goldmanhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Capitalism and communism felt like they were always going to be ...

2026-03-13T18:00:08Z

Capitalism and communism felt like they were always going to be around, but it turns out they were just two ways of ordering an industrial society. If you were looking for more fundamental human political poles, you'd take anarchy and fascism, for my money. -- Alan Moorehttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, ...

2026-03-13T13:00:08Z

So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men. -- Voltairine de Cleyrehttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Just as I'm opposed to political fascism, I'm opposed to ...

2026-03-13T08:01:12Z

Just as I'm opposed to political fascism, I'm opposed to economic fascism. I think that until major institutions of society are under the popular control of participants and communities, it's pointless to talk about democracy. -- Noam Chomskyhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands ...

2026-03-13T02:00:40Z

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. -- Albert Einsteinhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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When private property is abolished there will be no necessity for ...

2026-03-12T18:00:24Z

When private property is abolished there will be no necessity for crime, no demand for it; it will cease to exist. -- Oscar Wildehttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The most improper job of any man is bossing other men. Not one in ...

2026-03-12T08:00:08Z

The most improper job of any man is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity. -- J. R. R. Tolkienhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Is anarchism desirable? Well, who does not seek freedom? What ...

2026-03-12T02:00:08Z

Is anarchism desirable? Well, who does not seek freedom? What man, unless willing to declare himself in bondage, would care to call any control agreeable? Think about it! -- Johann Mosthttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is ...

2026-03-11T18:01:12Z

By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. -- Mikhail Bakuninhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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I am not a robber but one who has been robbed, someone who brings ...

2026-03-11T13:00:08Z

I am not a robber but one who has been robbed, someone who brings justice, who says that everything belongs to everyone, and that it is this clear logic of the anarchist idea, which makes your legs tremble. -- Clement Duvalhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The oppression of one is the oppression of all, and we cannot ...

2026-03-11T08:01:12Z

The oppression of one is the oppression of all, and we cannot violate the liberty of one being without violating the freedom of all of us. -- Mikhail Bakuninhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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In the face of dogmas, of despots, of the sentimental, of ...

2026-03-10T18:00:08Z

In the face of dogmas, of despots, of the sentimental, of charlatans and regimenters, humanity's future belongs to reason. -- Andre Lorulothttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The State is said by some to be a "necessary evil"; it ...

2026-03-10T13:00:08Z

The State is said by some to be a "necessary evil"; it must be made unnecessary. -- Benjamin Tuckerhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Durruti had learned endless things during the months of civil ...

2026-03-10T08:00:24Z

Durruti had learned endless things during the months of civil war, but the main lesson that he received was a full confirmation of the working class's capacity to govern itself and the damage done by the committees' bureaucratic leaderism. -- Abel Pazhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Overcoming the problem of voluntary servitude, which has proved ...

2026-03-10T02:00:24Z

Overcoming the problem of voluntary servitude, which has proved such a hindrance to radical political projects in the past, implies this sort of ethical questioning of the self, an interrogation of one's subjective involvement and complicity with power. -- Saul Newmanhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The Left (including the Black nationalist movement) really is in ...

2026-03-09T18:00:08Z

The Left (including the Black nationalist movement) really is in a backward stage. Rather than building on the legacy of the 1960's protests, we are instead losing ground and taking reactionary positions. -- Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervinhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Unfortunately, a preoccupation with technical size, scale, and ...

2026-03-09T08:00:23Z

Unfortunately, a preoccupation with technical size, scale, and even artistry deflects our attention away from the most significant problems of technics -- notably, its ties with the ideals and social structures of freedom. -- Murray Bookchinhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Durruti had learned endless things during the months of civil ...

2026-03-08T18:00:08Z

The one thing that the public dislike is novelty. -- Oscar ...

2026-03-08T14:00:23Z

The one thing that the public dislike is novelty. -- Oscar Wildehttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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England is a prison. The variety of subtleties in the laws ...

2026-03-08T09:00:36Z

England is a prison. The variety of subtleties in the laws preserved by the sword are bolts, bars, and doors of the prison; the lawyers are the jailors; and poor men are the prisoners. -- Gerrard Winstanleyhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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A worker is a part-time slave. -- Bob ...

2026-03-08T03:00:16Z

A worker is a part-time slave. -- Bob Blackhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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At the basis of Proudhon's economic theory we find two ...

2026-03-07T23:00:23Z

At the basis of Proudhon's economic theory we find two essential ideas, that of value and that of exchange. These two ideas are only of interest in the regime of individual property. -- James Guillaumehttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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It is the fundamental duty of the citizen to resist and to ...

2026-03-07T19:00:08Z

It is the fundamental duty of the citizen to resist and to restrain the violence of the state. -- Noam Chomskyhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the ...

2026-03-07T14:00:07Z

The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today. -- August Spieshttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Take the principle that two wrongs don't make a right. If you ...

2026-03-07T09:01:12Z

Take the principle that two wrongs don't make a right. If you really took it seriously, that alone would knock away almost the entire basis for war and the criminal justice system. -- David Graeberhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Education is an important element in the struggle for human ...

2026-03-06T18:00:08Z

Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights. It is the means to help our children and our people rediscover their identity and thereby increase their self respect. Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs only to the people who prepare for it today. -- Malcolm Xhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Instead of taking aim at some vague enemy, it's better wait a ...

2026-03-06T13:00:09Z

Instead of taking aim at some vague enemy, it's better wait a moment for him to turn into a friend. -- Georges Brassenshttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Instead of inanely repeating the old formula, "Respect the ...

2026-03-06T08:00:32Z

Instead of inanely repeating the old formula, "Respect the law," we say, "Despise law and all its attributes!" -- Peter Kropotkinhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Governments involve the citizen in national and state ...

2026-03-06T02:00:23Z

Governments involve the citizen in national and state responsibilities from which he would choose to be exempt; under these circumstances he can feel no security for person or property. -- Josiah Warrenhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Oppressed brother, banish all power from within you and do not ...

2026-03-05T18:00:08Z

Oppressed brother, banish all power from within you and do not allow any to be established either over you or over your brother, be he near or far! -- Nestor Makhnohttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Society, from which we have everything, is a new master, a new ...

2026-03-05T13:00:23Z

Society, from which we have everything, is a new master, a new spook, a new "supreme being," which "takes us into its service and allegiance!" -- Max Stirnerhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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God and mankind have concerned themselves for nothing, for ...

2026-03-05T02:00:24Z

God and mankind have concerned themselves for nothing, for nothing but themselves. Let me then likewise concern myself for myself, who am equally with God the nothing of all others, who am my all, who am the only one. -- Max Stirnerhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The right of revolution, which tyrants, in mockery, accord to ...

2026-03-04T18:00:08Z

The right of revolution, which tyrants, in mockery, accord to mankind, is no legal right under a government; it is only a natural right to overturn a governmentent. The government itself never acknowledges this right. -- Lysander Spoonerhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The sovereign, self-sufficient "individual" has always ...

2026-03-04T13:00:08Z

The sovereign, self-sufficient "individual" has always been a precarious basis upon which to anchor a left libertarian outlook. -- Murray Bookchinhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Proletarians of the world, look into the depths of your own ...

2026-03-04T08:00:08Z

Proletarians of the world, look into the depths of your own beings, seek out the truth and realise it yourselves: you will find it nowhere else. -- Peter Arshinovhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The anarchists have but one party, and that is humanity. -- ...

2026-03-04T02:00:08Z

The anarchists have but one party, and that is humanity. -- Clement Duvalhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Then hang us! Here we will tread upon a spark, but there, and ...

2026-03-03T18:00:23Z

Then hang us! Here we will tread upon a spark, but there, and there, and behind you and in front of you, and everywhere, flames will blaze up. -- August Spieshttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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We have no need to get involved with the games of our oppressors, ...

2026-03-03T13:00:23Z

We have no need to get involved with the games of our oppressors, unless we wish to take part in their oppression. -- Carlo Cafierohttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Once the individual owns his own tools and his product, ...

2026-03-03T08:00:23Z

Once the individual owns his own tools and his product, capitalism ceases to exist. -- Emile Armandhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The conflict between wage labor and capital, while it has by no ...

2026-03-03T02:00:32Z

The conflict between wage labor and capital, while it has by no means disappeared, nonetheless lacks the all-embracing importance that it possessed in the past. -- Murray Bookchinhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Government is as unreal, as intangible, as unapproachable as God. ...

2026-03-02T18:02:18Z

Government is as unreal, as intangible, as unapproachable as God. -- Voltairine de Cleyrehttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The most improper job of any man is bossing other men. Not one in ...

2026-03-02T13:00:23Z

Parliament: A compound word from "parler" (to speak) and ...

2026-03-02T08:00:08Z

Parliament: A compound word from "parler" (to speak) and "mentir" (to lie). -- Anonymoushttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic ...

2026-03-02T02:00:23Z

The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the anarchist creed. -- Frederica Montsenyhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions ...

2026-03-01T18:00:08Z

He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter, but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity. -- Mikhail Bakuninhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The proper method for hastening the decay of error is not by ...

2026-03-01T14:00:08Z

The proper method for hastening the decay of error is not by brute force, or by regulation which is one of the classes of force, to endeavour to reduce men to intellectual uniformity; but on the contrary by teaching every man to think for himself. -- William Godwinhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The human animal is an animated alimentary canal. He has evolved ...

2026-03-01T09:00:24Z

The human animal is an animated alimentary canal. He has evolved from and differs from the worm only by the appendages which have developed on him. -- Laurance Labadiehttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The most improper job of any man is bossing other men. Not one in ...

2026-03-01T03:00:23Z

Write on my gravestone: "Infidel, Traitor" -- infidel to ...

2026-02-28T23:00:08Z

Write on my gravestone: "Infidel, Traitor" -- infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the people. -- Wendell Phillipshttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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When society refuses you the right to exist, you have to take it ...

2026-02-28T19:00:23Z

When society refuses you the right to exist, you have to take it and not help it along, which is cowardice. -- Clement Duvalhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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People who should be shot: Fascist thugs, religious ...

2026-02-28T14:00:08Z

People who should be shot: Fascist thugs, religious fundamentalists, people who write lists telling you who should be shot. -- Banksyhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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In an informal organization there is no question of synthesis. -- ...

2026-02-28T09:00:23Z

In an informal organization there is no question of synthesis. -- Alfredo Bonannohttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's ...

2026-02-28T02:00:08Z

What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self. -- Max Stirnerhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Theft is the restitution, the regaining of possession. Instead of ...

2026-02-27T18:00:08Z

Theft is the restitution, the regaining of possession. Instead of being cloistered in a factory, like in a penal colony; instead of begging for what I had a right to, I preferred to rebel and fight my enemy face to face by making war on the rich, by attacking their goods. -- Marius Jacobhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The revolution is the outcome of many causes whose origin we ...

2026-02-27T13:00:23Z

The revolution is the outcome of many causes whose origin we situate in a higher level of culture of the people, in the discrepancy between their aspirations and the organization that rules and governs the people. -- Angel Pestanahttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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We do not doubt that, if the revolution broke out in several ...

2026-02-27T08:00:07Z

We do not doubt that, if the revolution broke out in several European countries, anarchists would suffer the same defeat because they are no less -- if not even more so -- divided on the plan of ideas and organization. -- Peter Arshinovhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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They make revolutionary propaganda because they know the ...

2026-02-27T02:00:23Z

They make revolutionary propaganda because they know the privileged class can never be overturned peacefully. -- Johann Mosthttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The great appear great because we are on our knees: Let us rise. ...

2026-02-26T18:01:13Z

The great appear great because we are on our knees: Let us rise. -- James Larkinhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Never ever separate thought from action, the things we know, the ...

2026-02-26T13:00:24Z

Never ever separate thought from action, the things we know, the things we understand, from the things we do, the things with which we carry out our actions. -- Alfredo Bonannohttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as ...

2026-02-26T08:00:23Z

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it. -- George Carlinhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Those animals which acquire habits of mutual aid are undoubtedly ...

2026-02-25T18:00:08Z

Those animals which acquire habits of mutual aid are undoubtedly the fittest. -- Peter Kropotkinhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he ...

2026-02-25T08:00:24Z

The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever. -- Oscar Wildehttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The peoples of the world are becoming profoundly dissatisfied and ...

2026-02-25T02:01:12Z

The peoples of the world are becoming profoundly dissatisfied and are not appeased by the promise of the social democrats to patch up the state into a new engine of oppression. -- Peter Kropotkinhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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One thing only is needful: the knowledge of the simple and clear ...

2026-02-24T18:00:24Z

One thing only is needful: the knowledge of the simple and clear truth which finds place in every soul that is not stupefied by religious and scientific superstitions -- the truth that for our life one law is valid -- the law of love, which brings the highest happiness to every individual as well as to all mankind. -- Leo Tolstoyhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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We might mention the monumental hypocrisy of the regulation of ...

2026-02-24T13:00:08Z

We might mention the monumental hypocrisy of the regulation of credit unions in the United States, which require that their membership must share some common bond, like working for the same employer. -- Kevin Carsonhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Nor does [our kind of individualist] wish to have anything in ...

2026-02-24T08:00:08Z

Nor does [our kind of individualist] wish to have anything in common with those armchair Nietzcheans or weekend Stirnerites who imagine, poor wretches, that they are "affirming their individuality" by petty dishonesty in money matters, or by forcing themselves upon the companion of a friend in prison. -- Emile Armandhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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In our world everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody ...

2026-02-24T02:00:08Z

In our world everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself. -- Leo Tolstoyhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Anarchists emphatically reject a morality which denies the ...

2026-02-23T18:00:08Z

Anarchists emphatically reject a morality which denies the original concepts of right and wrong. -- Erich Muhsamhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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There are socialists all over the world, by the millions; but ...

2026-02-23T13:00:08Z

There are socialists all over the world, by the millions; but where is socialism... political socialism is politics without socialism, and nothing else. -- Mario Ferreira dos Santoshttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is ...

2026-02-23T08:00:08Z

By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. -- Mikhail Bakuninhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Whosoever looks back on the history of socialism after the ...

2026-02-23T02:00:08Z

Whosoever looks back on the history of socialism after the exclusion of the anarchists can see for themselves the gradual degeneration of Marxism as a political philosophy through the interpretations and practices of the social democrats. -- Camillo Bernerihttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Instead of taking aim at some vague enemy, it's better wait a ...

2026-02-22T18:00:24Z

The freedom of everyone, and thereby the freedom of each ...

2026-02-22T14:00:39Z

The freedom of everyone, and thereby the freedom of each individual, requires community in socialism. -- Erich Muhsamhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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As moderate as they were, as sensible as they proved themselves ...

2026-02-22T09:01:14Z

As moderate as they were, as sensible as they proved themselves to be, the founders of the Circle turned out to be too advanced in the judgment of the guardians of moral order. -- Fernand Pelloutierhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The subject is not whether we accomplish anarchism today, ...

2026-02-22T03:00:24Z

The subject is not whether we accomplish anarchism today, tomorrow, or within ten centuries, but that we walk towards anarchism today, tomorrow, and always. -- Errico Malatestahttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Anarchism is just the way people act when they are free to do as ...

2026-02-21T23:00:23Z

Anarchism is just the way people act when they are free to do as they choose, and when they deal with others who are equally free. -- David Graeberhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The Puritans had accused the Quakers of "troubling the world ...

2026-02-21T19:00:08Z

The Puritans had accused the Quakers of "troubling the world by preaching peace to it." They refused to pay church taxes; they refused to bear arms; they refused to swear allegiance to any government. -- Voltairine de Cleyrehttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The world does not belong to us. If it has a master who is stupid ...

2026-02-21T14:00:08Z

The world does not belong to us. If it has a master who is stupid enough to want it the way it is, let him have it. -- Alfredo Bonannohttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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In existing states a fresh law is looked upon as a remedy for ...

2026-02-21T09:00:23Z

In existing states a fresh law is looked upon as a remedy for evil. -- Peter Kropotkinhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly ...

2026-02-21T02:00:08Z

I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment. -- Bertrand Russellhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Every daring attempt to make a great change in existing ...

2026-02-20T18:02:18Z

Every daring attempt to make a great change in existing conditions, every lofty vision of new possibilities for the human race, has been labelled utopian. -- Emma Goldmanhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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The wise man knows that the words "The happiness of the ...

2026-02-20T13:02:19Z

The wise man knows that the words "The happiness of the people," have no meaning. Happiness is internal and individual. It can only be produced within oneself. -- Han Rynerhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Property is impossible. -- Pierre-Joseph ...

2026-02-20T08:00:24Z

Property is impossible. -- Pierre-Joseph Proudhonhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Organised religion has corrupted one of the purest, most powerful ...

2026-02-20T02:02:18Z

Organised religion has corrupted one of the purest, most powerful and sustaining things in the human condition. It has imposed a middle management, not only in our politics and in our finances, but in our spirituality as well. -- Alan Moorehttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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For two decades the supporters of Bolshevism have been hammering ...

2026-02-19T18:00:24Z

For two decades the supporters of Bolshevism have been hammering it into the masses that dictatorship is a vital necessity for the defense of the so-called proletarian interests against the assaults of counter-revolution and for paving the way for socialism. -- Rudolf Rockerhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him. -- ...

2026-02-19T13:00:23Z

If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him. -- Mikhail Bakuninhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Oppressed brother, banish all power from within you and do not ...

2026-02-19T08:00:24Z

There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ...

2026-02-19T02:00:09Z

There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics. -- Emma Goldmanhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Take the principle that two wrongs don't make a right. If you ...

2026-02-18T18:00:23Z

Every anarchist, as an anarchist, would be perfectly willing to ...

2026-02-18T13:00:08Z

Every anarchist, as an anarchist, would be perfectly willing to surrender his own scheme directly, if he saw that another worked better. -- Voltairine de Cleyrehttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Each of you hungry tramps who read these lines, avail yourselves ...

2026-02-18T08:00:24Z

Each of you hungry tramps who read these lines, avail yourselves of those little methods of warfare which science has placed in the hands of the poor man, and you will become a power in this or any other land. Learn the use of explosives! -- Lucy Parsonshttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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Intellectuals: put yourself at the service of the weak. Meditate ...

2026-02-18T02:00:08Z

Intellectuals: put yourself at the service of the weak. Meditate upon this; this is the really urgent work. -- Fernand Pelloutierhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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We won the revolution, what we lost was the war. -- Abel ...

2026-02-17T13:00:23Z

We won the revolution, what we lost was the war. -- Abel Pazhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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This brings us to anarchism, which may be described as the ...

2026-02-17T08:00:24Z

This brings us to anarchism, which may be described as the doctrine that all the affairs of men should be managed by individuals or voluntary associations, and that the state should be abolished. -- Benjamin Tuckerhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and ...

2026-02-17T02:00:08Z

An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. -- Edward Abbeyhttps://todon.eu/tags/anarchism

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