Quote#Courage
Its character is the skillful commingling of customs useful to…
Quote byPeter Kropotkin · 1842–1921
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Law and Authority (1886), II.
English (original)
Its character is the skillful commingling of customs useful to society, customs which have no need of law to insure respect, with other customs useful only to rulers, injurious to the mass of the people, and maintained only by the fear of punishment.
— Peter Kropotkin
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