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Our principle is: to prevent all command over man by his fellowmen, to, make state, government, laws, or whatsoever form of compulsion existing, a thing of the past, to establish full freedom for all. Anarchism means first and foremost freedom from all government.

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Johann Most
Age: 60 †
Born: 1846
Born: February 5
Died: 1906
Died: March 17
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Is anarchism desirable? Well, who does not seek freedom? What man, unless willing to declare himself in bondage, would care to call any control agreeable? Think about it!
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He who negates present society, and seeks social conditions based on the sharing of property, is a revolutionary whether he calls himself an anarchist or a communist.
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If we hope and even assume that the social question will be answered through communism, and not in this or that country but in the world, any thought of centralization must be a monstrosity.
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As set forth by theologians, the idea of 'God' is an argument that assumes its own conclusions, and proves nothing.
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If on the one side we do not harbor the illusion that the entire proletariat must be enlightened before it can be called into battle, so on the other we do not doubt that as much enlightenment as possible must be produced with oral and printed agitation.
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Anarchists prepare for social revolution and use every means - speech, writing, or deed, whichever is more to the point to accelerate revolutionary development.
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Above all, what socialist, without flushing with shame, maintains he is not a revolutionary? We say: none!.
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Is anarchism possible? The failure of attempts to attain freedom does not mean the cause is lost.
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'God' - as revealed in his book of edicts and narratives is practically an idiot. He has nothing to say that any sensible person should want to listen to.
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