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The consistent
anarchist should be a socialist, but a socialist of a
particular sort. He will not only oppose alienated and
specialized labor and look forward to the appropriation of
capital by the whole body of workers, but he will also
insist that this appropriation be direct, not exercised by
some elite force acting in the name of the proletariat. Some
sort of council communism is the natural form of
revolutionary socialism in an industrial society. It
reflects the intuitive understanding that democracy is
largely a sham when the industrial system is controlled by
any form of autocratic elite, whether of owners, managers,
and technocrats, a ''vanguard'' party, or a State
bureaucracy.
-- Noam Chomsky
1928-, American Linguist,
Political Activist
Anarchism is
the only philosophy which brings to man the consciousness of
himself; which maintains that God, the State, and society
are non-existent, that their promises are null and void,
since they can be fulfilled only through man's
subordination. Anarchism is therefore the teacher of the
unity of life; not merely in nature, but in man.
-- Emma Goldman
1869-1940, American Anarchist
The anarchist
and the Christian have a common origin.
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
1844-1900, German Philosopher
My thinking
tends to be libertarian. That is, I oppose intrusions of the
state into the private realm -- as in abortion, sodomy,
prostitution, pornography, drug use, or suicide, all of
which I would strongly defend as matters of free choice in a
representative democracy.
-- Camille Paglia
1947-, American Author,
Critic, Educator
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The ordinary
man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may want
his neighbor to be governed, but he himself doesn't want to
be governed. He is mortally afraid of government officials
and policemen.
-- George Bernard Shaw
1856-1950, Irish-born British
Dramatist
People
sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable
for an artist to live under. To this question there is only
one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to
the artist is no government at all.
-- Oscar Wilde
1856-1900, British Author,
Wit
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