The Two Great Movements Of Our Century

But How Do European Railways Manage Without Them? How Do They Continue To Convey Millions Of Travellers And Mountains Of Luggage Across A Continent? If Companies Owning Railways Have Been Able To Agree, Why Should Railway Workers, Who Would Take Possession Of Railways, Not Agree Likewise? And If The Petersburg-warsaw Company And That Of Paris-belfort Can Act In Harmony, Without Giving Themselves The Luxury Of A Common Commander, Why, In The Midst Of Our Societies, Consisting Of Groups Of Free Workers, Should We Need A Government?

America Is Just The Country That Shows How All The Written Guarantees In The World For Freedom Are No Protection Against Tyranny And Oppression Of The Worst Kind. There The Politician Has Come To Be Looked Upon As The Very Scum Of Society.

In Order That The Revolution Should Be Something More Than A Word, In Order That The Reaction Should Not Lead Us Back Tomorrow To The Situation Of Yesterday, The Conquest Of Today Must Be Worth The Trouble Of Defending; The Poor Of Yesterday Must Be Worth The Trouble Of Defending; The Poor Of Yesterday Must Not Be Poor Tomorrow.

Freedom Of The Press, Freedom Of Association, The Inviolability Of Domicile, And All The Rest Of The Rights Of Man Are Respected So Long As No One Tries To Use Them Against The Privileged Class. On The Day They Are Launched Against The Privileged They Are Overthrown.

Anarchy, When It Works To Destroy Authority In All Its Aspects, When It Demands The Abrogation Of Laws And The Abolition Of The Mechanism That Serves To Impose Them, When It Refuses All Hierarchical Organization And Preaches Free Agreement - At The Same Time Strives To Maintain And Enlarge The Precious Kernel Of Social Customs Without Which No Human Or Animal Society Can Exist. Only, Instead Of Demanding That Those Social Customs Should Be Maintained Through The Authority Of A Few, It Demands It From The Continued Action Of All.