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That is what I have always understood to be the essence of anarchism: the conviction that the burden of proof has to be placed on authority, and that it should be dismantled if that burden cannot be met. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

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Although I am an anarch, I am not anti-authoritarian. Quite the opposite: I need authority, although I do not believe in it. My critical faculties are sharpened by the absence of the credibility that I ask for. As a historian, I know what can be offered. ↗

— Ernst Jünger

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A city's only ever three hot meals away from anarchy. ↗

— Alastair Reynolds

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What is an anarchist? One who, choosing, accepts the responsibility of choice. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

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Oh, most unhappy man,' he cried, 'try to be happy! You have red hair like your sister.' My red hair, like red flames, shall burn up the world,' said Gregory. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

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The measure of the state's success is that the word anarchy frightens people, while the word state does not. ↗

— Joseph Sobran

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No matter what God's power may be, the first aspect of God is never that of the absolute Master, the Almighty. It is that of the God who puts himself on our human level and limits himself. ↗

— Jacques Ellul

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Anarchy could never get a man to the moon, but it may the only mode that can allow us to survive on earth. ↗

— Sheldon B. Kopp

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One of the great things about anarchy is that it’s hard to get it organized. ↗

— George Hammond

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Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart. ↗

— Jeremy Bentham

#apart #far #never #tyranny