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Anarchy leads to Communism, and Communism to Anarchy, both alike being expressions of the predominant tendency in modern societies, the pursuit of equality.

— Peter Kropotkin

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Vladimir Ilyich, your concrete actions are completely unworthy of the ideas you pretend to hold.

Sociability is as much a law of nature as mutual struggle.

The history of human thought recalls the swinging of a pendulum which takes centuries to swing. After a long period of slumber comes a moment of awakening.

Anarchist Morality (1890)

She starts research in new paths, enriches our knowledge with new discoveries, creates new sciences.

Anarchist Morality (1890)

The whole aspect of the universe changes with this new conception.

Anarchism: Its Philosophy and Ideal (1896)

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For the state to wither away completely, complete communism is necessary.

Vladimir Lenin The State and Revolution (1917)

I dislike Communism because it is undemocratic, and capitalism because it favors exploitation.

Bertrand Russell Unarmed Victory (1963)

Communism is the doctrine of the conditions of the liberation of the proletariat.

Friedrich Engels Principles of Communism (1847)

Communism has sometimes succeeded as a scavenger, but never as a leader. It has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.

John F. Kennedy

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