"When the highwayman holds his gun to your head, you turn your valuables over to him. You 'consent' alright, but you do so because you cannot help yourself, because you are compelled by his gun. Are you not compelled to work for an employer? Your need compels you, just as the highwayman's gun."

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Source : Alexander Berkman (2010). “Now and After: the ABC of Anarchist Communism”, p.17, Lulu.com

Alexander Berkman

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“I've begun to think that we sit far more than we're supposed to...Why else would we have feet?”
“Take on the pain and wear it as a shirt.”
“And Derek was... what? A pair of dark eyes that hid more than they revealed and some broad shoulders and a mouth that could be cold and thin and then suddenly widen into a generous grin just when you thought such a thing was impossible.”
“I expose slavery in this country, because to expose it is to kill it. Slavery is one of those monsters of darkness to whom the light of truth is death.”
“The fate of the poor shepherd, who, blinded and lost in the snow-storm, perishes in a drift within a few feet of his cottage door, is an emblem of the state of man.”
“However they may have felt when they left they were now committed, they had passed the point of no return.”
“Lots of TV is kind of becoming almost the new form for adult storytelling and cinema, but still with some independent films you still have those kind of jewels that people are able to make and it takes a lot of effort.”

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“The beauty of getting older is the surprise of what else you can do to make the world a better place with the wisdom that you've accrued over those years.”

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