5 Quotes & Sayings By Alexander Berkman

Alexander Berkman was an anarchist author and activist. He is best known for the 1919 publication of his philosophical treatise "What is Anarchism?" and for his assassination attempt on industrialist Henry Clay Frick in 1892. He has been described as one of the fathers of modern-day anarchism, and he has been cited as an influence by many major anarchist thinkers and writers, including Emma Goldman and David Van Deusen.

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Violence is the method of ignorance, the weapon of the weak. The strong of heart and brain need no violence, for they are irresistible in their consciousness of being right. Alexander Berkman
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In an absolutism, the autocrat is visible and tangible. The real despotism of republican institutions is far deeper, more insidious, because it rests on the popular delusion of self-government and independence. That is the subtle source of democratic tyranny, and, as such, it cannot be reached with a bullet. Alexander Berkman
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Inhumanity is the keynote of stupidity in power. Alexander Berkman
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War paralyzes your courage and deadens the spirit of true manhood. Alexander Berkman