#anarchist

Naturally, therefore, these people talk about 'a happy time coming'; 'the paradise of the future'; 'mankind freed from the bondage of vice and the bondage of virtue', and so on. And so also the men of the inner circle speak — the sacred priesthood. They also speak to applauding crowds of the happiness of the future, and of mankind freed at last. But in their mouths" — and the policeman lowered his voice — "in their mouths these happy phrases have a horrible meaning. They are under no illusions; they are too intellectual to think that man upon this earth can ever be quite free of original sin and the struggle. And they mean death. When they say that mankind shall be free at last, they mean that mankind shall commit suicide. When they talk of a paradise without right or wrong, they mean the grave. They have but two objects, to destroy first humanity and then themselves. That is why they throw bombs instead of firing pistols. The innocent rank and file are disappointed because the bomb has not killed the king; but the high-priesthood are happy because it has killed somebody. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#right-and-wrong #terrorism #death

He who negates present society, and seeks social conditions based on the sharing of property, is a revolutionary whether he calls himself an anarchist or a communist. ↗

— Johann Most

#based #calls #communist #conditions #himself

I want three words: Woman, Atheist, Anarchist. That's me. ↗

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

#atheist #i #me #three #want

The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed. ↗

— Frederica Montseny

#basic #basic elements #creed #dignity #elements

An anarchist is someone who doesn't need a cop to make him behave. ↗

— Ammon Hennacy

#anarchists #anarchism

I never have been an anarchist, I've always had goals and always have acted out of love. ↗

— Gloria Trevi

#always #anarchist #been #goals #had

We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

#authoritarian #believe #cynical #form #heart

As a teenager I was more of an anarchist, but now I want people to thrive and be harmonious. ↗

— Nicolas Cage

#harmonious #i #more #now #people

It sets its face rightfully against the doctrines of the Anarchist and the Communist, who seek to solve the social problems not by patient endeavor, but by brutal destruction. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge

#anarchist #brutal #communist #destruction #doctrines

Many people think that open source projects are sort of chaotic and and anarchistic. They think that developers randomly throw code at the code base and see what sticks. ↗

— Mitchell Baker

#base #chaotic #code #developers #many