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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.

— Peter Kropotkin The Spirit of Revolt (1880)

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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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