Quote#Freedom
It was at this point — the necessity of striking down monopoly — that…
Quote byBenjamin Tucker · 1854–1939
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: State Socialism and Anarchism: How Far They Agree, and Wherin They Differ (1888), ¶ 10.
English (original)
It was at this point — the necessity of striking down monopoly — that came the parting of their ways. Here the road forked. They found that they must turn either to the right or to the left, — follow either the path of Authority or the path of Liberty. Marx went one way; Warren and Proudhon the other. Thus were born State Socialism and Anarchism.
— Benjamin Tucker
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