The Privileged Man, Whether He Be Privileged

By Striving To Do The Impossible, Man Has Always Achieved What Is Possible. Those Who Have Cautiously Done No More Than They Believed Possible Have Never Taken A Single Step Forward.

The Liberty Of Man Consists Solely In This, That He Obeys The Laws Of Nature Because He Has Himself Recognized Them As Such, And Not Because They Have Been Imposed Upon Him Externally By Any Foreign Will Whatsoever, Human Or Divine, Collective Or Individual.

Revolution Requires Extensive And Widespread Destruction, A Fecund And Renovating Destruction, Since In This Way And Only This Way Are New Worlds Born

The Truth Is That The Whole Life Of The Worker Is Simply A Continuous And Dismaying Succession Of Terms Of Serfdom - Voluntary From The Juridical Point Of View But Compulsory In The Economic Sense - Broken Up By Momentarily Brief Interludes Of Freedom Accompanied By Starvation; In Other Words, It Is Real Slavery.

To Revolt Is A Natural Tendency Of Life. Even A Worm Turns Against The Foot That Crushes It. In General, The Vitality And Relative Dignity Of An Animal Can Be Measured By The Intensity Of Its Instinct To Revolt.