We Follow Ideas And Not Men, And

Anarchists Generally Make Use If The Word "state" To Mean All The Collection Of Institutions, Political, Legislative, Judicial, Military, Financial, Etc., By Means Of Which Management Of Their Own Affairs, The Guidance Of Their Personal Conduct, And The Care Of Ensuring Their Own Safety Are Taken From The People And Confided To Certain Individuals, And These, Whether By Usurpation Or Delegation, Are Invested With The Right To Make Laws Over And For All, And To Constrain The Public To Respect Them, Making Use Of The Collective Force Of The Community To This End.

If You Say That You Reject Violence When It Exceeds The Limits Imposed By The Needs Of Defense, They Accuse You Of Pacifism, Without Understanding That Violence Is The Whole Essence Of Authoritarianism, Just As The Repudiation Of Violence Is The Whole Essence Of Anarchism.

We Anarchists Do Not Want To Emancipate The People; We Want The People To Emancipate Themselves.

The Person Who Thinks With [their] Own Brain Is To Be Preferred To The One Who Blindly Approves Everything.... Better An Error Consciously Committed And In Good Faith, Than A Good Action Performed In A Servile Manner.

Experience Through Freedom Is The Only Means To Arrive At The Truth And The Best Solutions; And There Is No Freedom If There Is Not The Freedom To Be Wrong.