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Peter Kropotkin Quotes

1842–1921 Russia

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Also known as: Kropotkin, Pyotr Kropotkin

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The law has no claim to human respect. It has no civilizing mission; its only purpose is to protect exploitation.

The individual is quite a world of federations, a whole universe in himself.

Anarchism: Its Philosophy and Ideal (1896)

The masses have never believed in sophisms taught by economists, uttered more to confirm exploiters in their rights than to convert exploited!

Anarchism: Its Philosophy and Ideal (1896)

It is evident that no review of evolution can be complete, unless these two dominant currents are analyzed.

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902)

If you admit such methods, one can foresee that one day you will use torture, as was done in the Middle Ages.

Such was law; and it has maintained its two-fold character to this day.

Law and Authority (1886)

It is not without a certain hesitation that I have decided to take the philosophy and ideal of Anarchy as the subject of this lecture.

Anarchism: Its Philosophy and Ideal (1896)

The unsociable species, on the contrary, are doomed to decay.

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902)

This conception and ideal of society is certainly not new.

Anarchism: Its Philosophy and Ideal (1896)

Indifference from this point on is impossible.

The Spirit of Revolt (1880)

The direction which the revolution will take depends, no doubt, upon the sum total of the various circumstances that determine the coming of the cataclysm.

The Spirit of Revolt (1880)

Such, also, are the revolutions of mankind.

Anarchism: Its Philosophy and Ideal (1896)

Idlers do not make history: they suffer it!

Anarchism: Its Philosophy and Ideal (1896)

The State is only one of the forms assumed by society in the course of history. Why then make no distinction between what is permanent and what is accidental?

The State — Its Historic Role (1897)

The need for a new life becomes apparent. The code of established morality, that which governs the greater number of people in their daily life, no longer seems sufficient.

The Spirit of Revolt (1880)

All belongs to all. All things are for all men … All is for all!

Hope is born in their hearts, and let us remember that if exasperation often drives men to revolt, it is always hope, the hope of victory, which makes revolutions.

The Spirit of Revolt (1880)

To begin with, if man, since his origin, has always lived in societies, the State is but one of the forms of social life, quite recent as far as regards European societies.

Anarchism: Its Philosophy and Ideal (1896)

Between these two currents, always manifesting themselves, always at grips with each other — the popular trend and that which thirsts for political and religious domination — we have made our choice.

The State — Its Historic Role (1897)

The Roman Empire was a State in the real sense of the word. To this day it remains the legist's ideal.

The State — Its Historic Role (1897)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Peter Kropotkin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.