Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
economist, sociologist, politician, journalist, philosopher, writer, printer, political economist, revolutionary, anarchist
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All Quotes by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
“I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else; that is the alpha and omega of my argument: to others I leave the business of governing the world.”
“All my economic ideas as developed over twenty-five years can be summed up in the words: agricultural-industrial federation. All my political ideas boil down to a similar formula: political federation or decentralization.”
“All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.”
“I stand ready to negotiate, but I want no part of laws: I acknowledge none; I protest against every order with which some authority may feel pleased on the basis of some alleged necessity to over-rule my free will. Laws: We know what they are, and what they are worth! They are spider webs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the poor and weak, fishing nets in the hands of government.”
“I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else; that is the alpha and omega of my argument: to others I leave the business of governing the world.”
“Property is impossible.”
“The elements of justice are identical with those of algebra.”
“AXIOM. — Property is the Right of Increase claimed by the Proprietor over any thing which he has stamped as his own.”
“The proprietor, producing neither by his own labor nor by his implement, and receiving products in exchange for nothing, is either a parasite or a thief.”
“As man seeks justice in equality, so society seeks order in anarchy.”
“When deeds speak, words are nothing.”
“I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else; that is the alpha and omega of my argument: to others I leave the business of governing the world.”