We Anarchists Do Not Want To Emancipate

Not Whether We Accomplish Anarchism Today, Tomorrow, Or Within Ten Centuries, But That We Walk Towards Anarchism Today, Tomorrow, And Always.

Intolerance Of Oppression, The Desire To Be Free And Develop One Personality To Its Full Limits, Is Not Enough To Make One An Anarchist. That Aspiration Towards Unlimited Freedom, If Not Tempered By A Love For Mankind And By The Desire That All Should Enjoy Equal Freedom, May Well Create Rebels Who Soon Become Exploiters And Tyrants.

Anarchists Generally Make Use If The Word "state" To Mean All The Collection Of Institutions, Political, Legislative, Judicial, Military, Financial, Etc., By Means Of Which Management Of Their Own Affairs, The Guidance Of Their Personal Conduct, And The Care Of Ensuring Their Own Safety Are Taken From The People And Confided To Certain Individuals, And These, Whether By Usurpation Or Delegation, Are Invested With The Right To Make Laws Over And For All, And To Constrain The Public To Respect Them, Making Use Of The Collective Force Of The Community To This End.

The Basic Function Of The Government Everywhere In All Times, Whatever Title It Adopts And Whatever Its Origin And Organisation May Be, Is Always That Of Oppressing And Exploiting The Masses, Of Defending The Oppressors And The Exploiters: And It's Principal, Characteristic And Indispensable Instruments Are The Police Agent And The Tax-collector, The Soldier And The Gaoler - To Whom Must Be Invariably Added The Trader In Lies, Be He Priest Of Schoolmaster, Remunerated Or Protected By The Government To Enslave Minds And Make Them Docilely Accept The Yoke.

Anarchism Is The Abolition Of Exploitation And Oppression Of Man By Man, That Is, The Abolition Of Private Property And Government; Anarchism Is The Destruction Of Misery, Of Superstitions, Of Hatred. Therefore, Every Blow Given To The Institutions Of Private Property And To The Government, Every Exaltation Of The Conscience Of Man, Every Disruption Of The Present Conditions, Every Lie Unmasked, Every Part Of Human Activity Taken Away From The Control Of The Authorities, Every Augmentation Of The Spirit Of Solidarity And Initiative, Is A Step Towards Anarchism.