Anarchism: A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory

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G. P. Putnam's sons, 1897 - 323 páginas
 

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Página 1 - Zenker, himself an anarchistic theorist, "anarchism means, in its ideal sense, the perfect, unfettered self-government of the individual, and consequently the absence of any kind of external government.
Página 15 - And if all other means shall fail his need, One last resource remains — his own good sword. Our dearest treasures call to us for aid, Against the oppressor's violence ; we stand For country, home, for wives, for children here ! ALL.
Página 20 - ... march at the same time against the directory and against the councils. On the night of the insurrection, they were to fix up two placards; one, containing the words, " The Constitution of 1793! liberty! equality! common happiness!" the other, containing the following declaration, " Those who usurp the sovereignty, ought to be put to death by free men.
Página 287 - We wish to remain our own masters, and he among us who strives to become a chief or leader is a traitor to our cause. Of course we know that individual freedom cannot exist without a union with other free associates. We all live by the support...
Página 204 - Ptolemists," who argued that the heavenly bodies must move in circles because the circle is the most perfect figure.* Not to try the reader's patience further, I will end by pointing out that, even were the reviewer's criticisms all valid, they would leave unshaken the theory he contends against. Though one of his sentences (p. 480) raises the expectation that he is about to assault, and greatly to damage, the bases...
Página 12 - ... legebantur, nee supplex turba timebat judicis ora sui, sed erant sine judice tuti. nondum caesa suis, peregrinum ut viseret orbem, montibus in liquidas pinus descenderat undas, 95 nullaque mortales praeter sua litora norant.
Página 286 - Our enemy is the manufacturer who fills his factory with wage-slaves ; our enemy is the State, whether monarchical, oligarchical, or democratic, with its officials and staff of officers, magistrates and police spies. Our enemy is every thought of authority, whether men call it God or devil, in whose name the priests have so long ruled honest people. Our enemy is the law which always oppresses the weak by the strong, to the justification and apotheosis of crime. But if the landowners, the manufacturers,...
Página 231 - The state is the curse of the individual. . . . The state must go! That is a revolution I can agree to.
Página 323 - We do not hesitate to say that this book is in all respects as excellent as it is opportune. It is extremely concise in statement, and deserves to be read by the learned as well as by the ignorant, while the times should insure it the widest circulation.
Página 1 - Es reden und träumen die Menschen viel Von bessern künftigen Tagen, Nach einem glücklichen, goldenen Ziel Sieht man sie rennen und jagen; Die Welt wird alt und wird wieder jung, Doch der Mensch hofft immer Verbesserung.

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