We follow ideas and not men, and rebel against this habit of embodying a principle in a man. - Errico Malatesta - Quotesmemo.com

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What acquaintance have the people at large with the arena of political rectitude, with the connections of kingdoms, the resources of national strength, the abilities of ministers, or even with their own dispositions?. . . I pay no regard whatever to the voice of the people: it is their duty to do what is proper, without considering what may be agreeable.

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Errico Malatesta

We follow ideas and not men, and rebel against this habit of embodying a principle in a man.

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We anarchists do not want to emancipate the people; we want the people to emancipate themselves.

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The only limit to the oppression of government is the power with which the people show themselves capable of opposing it.

Capable, Government, Limits, Oppression, People, Show

The question may seem embarrassing, but it can be answered in a few words. For two people to live in peace they must both want peace; if one insists on using force to oblige the other to work for him and serve him, then the other, if he wishes to retain his dignity as a man and not be reduced to abject slavery, will be obliged in spite of his love of peace, to resist force with adequate means.

Embarrassing, Mean, Men, People, Two, Wishes

Impossibility never prevented anything from happening.

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Not whether we accomplish anarchism today, tomorrow, or within ten centuries, but that we walk towards anarchism today, tomorrow, and always.

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