Quote#Time
Each time that in the course of history, whether following upon a…
Quote byPeter Kropotkin · 1842–1921
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Anarchism: Its Philosophy and Ideal (1896).
English (original)
each time that in the course of history, whether following upon a foreign conquest, or whether by developing authoritarian prejudices men become more and more divided into governors and governed, exploiters and exploited, the moral level fell, the well-being of the masses decreased in order to insure riches to a few, and the spirit of the age declined.
— Peter Kropotkin
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