Quote#Time
Practised for centuries, repression has so badly succeeded that it…
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)
Practised for centuries, repression has so badly succeeded that it has but led us into a blind alley from which we can only issue by carrying torch and hatchet into the institutions of our authoritarian past.
— Peter Kropotkin
More from Peter Kropotkin
The best exponent of anarchist philosophy in ancient Greece was Zeno
When men are reasonable enough to follow their natural instincts, they will unite across the frontiers and constitute the Cosmos.
She starts research in new paths, enriches our knowledge with new discoveries, creates new sciences.
such a society would represent nothing immutable.
The history of human thought recalls the swinging of a pendulum which takes centuries to swing. After a long period of slumber comes a moment of awakening.
Sociability is as much a law of nature as mutual struggle.