Where There Is Authority, There Is No

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.

Cleverly Assorted Scraps Of Spurious Science Are Inculcated Upon The Children To Prove Necessity Of Law; Obedience To The Law Is Made A Religion; Moral Goodness And The Law Of The Masters Are Fused Into One And The Same Divinity. The Historical Hero Of The Schoolroom Is The Man Who Obeys The Law, And Defends It Against Rebels.

Lenin Is Not Comparable To Any Revolutionary Figure In History. Revolutionaries Have Had Ideals. Lenin Has None.

Revolutions, We Must Remember, Are Always Made By Minorities.

Sometimes He Would Advise Me To Read Poetry, And Would Send Me In His Letters Quantities Of Verses And Whole Poems, Which He Wrote From Memory. 'read Poetry,' He Wrote: 'poetry Makes Men Better.' How Often, In My Later Life, I Realized The Truth Of This Remark Of His! Read Poetry: It Makes Men Better.