The Two Great Movements Of Our Century

He Objected, Though, To Indiscriminate Reading. 'one Must Have Some Question,' He Wrote, 'addressed To The Book One Is Going To Read.

Sociability Is As Much A Law Of Nature As Mutual Struggle. Mutual Aid Is As Much A Law Of Animal Life As Mutual Struggle.

True Progress Lies In The Direction Of Decentralization, Both Territorial And Functional, In The Development Of The Spirit Of Local And Personal Initiative, And Of Free Federation From The Simple To The Compound, In Lieu Of The Present Hierarchy From The Centre To The Periphery.

No Evolution Is Accomplished In Nature Without Revolution. Periods Of Very Slow Changes Are Succeeded By Periods Of Violent Changes. Revolutions Are As Necessary For Evolution As The Slow Changes Which Prepare Them And Succeed Them.

Educated Men - "civilized," As Fourier Used To Say With Disdain - Tremble At The Idea That Society Might Some Day Be Without Judges, Police, Or Gaolers.