"Anarchy is Order Without Power"
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
"To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law ridden, regulated, penned up, indoctrinated, preached at, checked, appraised, seized, censured, commanded, by beings who have neither title, nor knowledge, nor virtue. To be governed is to have every operation, every transaction, every movement, noted, registered, counted, rated, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, refused, authorized, endorsed, admonished, prevented, reformed, redressed, corrected."
'Confessions d'un Revoluntionnaire', 1849.
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (French: [pjɛʁ ʒɔzɛf pʁudɔ̃]; 15 January 1809 – 19 January 1865) was a French politician and the founder of mutualist philosophy. He was the first person to declare himself an anarchist[1][2] and is widely regarded as one of the ideology's most influential theorists. Proudhon is even considered by many to be the "father of anarchism". He became a member of the French Parliament after the revolution of 1848, whereafter he referred to himself as a federalist.
Proudhon, who was born in Besançon, was a printer who taught himself Latin in order to better print books in the language. His best-known assertion is that Property is Theft!, contained in his first major work, What is Property? Or, an Inquiry into the Principle of Right and Government (Qu'est-ce que la propriété? Recherche sur le principe du droit et du gouvernement), published in 1840. The book's publication attracted the attention of the French authorities. It also attracted the scrutiny of Karl Marx, who started a correspondence with its author. The two influenced each other: they met in Paris while Marx was exiled there. Their friendship finally ended when Marx responded to Proudhon's The System of Economic Contradictions, or The Philosophy of Poverty with the provocatively titled The Poverty of Philosophy. The dispute became one of the sources of the split between the anarchist and Marxist wings of the International Working Men's Association. Some, such as Edmund Wilson, have contended that Marx's attack on Proudhon had its origin in the latter's defense of Karl Grün, whom Marx bitterly disliked, but who had been preparing translations of Proudhon's work.
Proudhon favored workers' associations or co-operatives, as well as individual worker/peasant possession, over private ownership or the nationalization of land and workplaces. He considered social revolution to be achievable in a peaceful manner. In The Confessions of a Revolutionary Proudhon asserted that, Anarchy is Order Without Power, the phrase which much later inspired, in the view of some, the anarchist circled-A symbol, today "one of the most common graffiti on the urban landscape." He unsuccessfully tried to create a national bank, to be funded by what became an abortive attempt at an income tax on capitalists and shareholders. Similar in some respects to a credit union, it would have given interest-free loans.
" They must find it difficult...those who have taken authority as truth...
rather than truth as the authority. "
~Gerald Massey ~
(29 May 1828 – 29 October 1907)
English poet and self-educated Egyptologist.
rather than truth as the authority. "
~Gerald Massey ~
(29 May 1828 – 29 October 1907)
English poet and self-educated Egyptologist.
" I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves."
~ Harriet Tubman ~
(born Araminta Harriet Ross; 1820 – March 10, 1913)
~ Harriet Tubman ~
(born Araminta Harriet Ross; 1820 – March 10, 1913)
"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil;"
Isaiah 5:20
"What is the Soul ? The best explanation I have heard for this question came from a Philippine Monk... he said...
...the soul is the part of you that sees the dream."
...the soul is the part of you that sees the dream."
"Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee."
Revelation 3:3
Revelation 3:3
"...Government is not reason. It is not eloquence. It is a force, like fire: a dangerous servant and a terrible master. The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that is good."
-George Washington -First President of the United States of America
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"Treason doth never prosper; what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."
Sir John Harrington, 1561-1612 |
If I am to die by the bullet of a mad man, I must do so smiling. There must be no anger within me. God must be in my heart and on my lips.
— Mohandas K. Gandhi, 28 January 1948, two days prior to his assassination.
More Gandhi Quotes
— Mohandas K. Gandhi, 28 January 1948, two days prior to his assassination.
More Gandhi Quotes
"There is something behind the throne greater than the king himself."
Sir William Pitt House of Lords 1770
Sir William Pitt House of Lords 1770
"Use Dualism as a tool. Do not be taken in by the duplexity, but learn to harness both while seeing into it from beyond the boundaries."
Darkzen
Darkzen
"A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished."
Proverbs 27:12
“And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.”
2 Peter 2:3
“If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.”
Deuteronomy 24:7
2 Peter 2:3
“If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.”
Deuteronomy 24:7
Misc. Quotes
1. “Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself.”
2. “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”
3. “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”
4. “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
5. “The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of
advantage.”
6. “Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.”
7. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.”
8. “He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in
great danger.”
9. “He that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.”
10. “If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is
there to worry about? What is there to fear?”
11. "Always leave something in better condition than what you found it in."
12. "There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can
be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid the pain."
13. "We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love."
14. "Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the
darkness of other people.