"For the anarchist, freedom is not an abstract philosophical concept, but the vital concrete possibility of every human being to bring to full development all the powers, capacities and talents with which nature has endowed them, and turn them to social account."

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Source : Rudolf Rocker (2004). “Anarcho-Syndicalism: Theory and Practice”, p.16, AK Press

Rudolf Rocker

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“The secret of successfully giving yourself away lies not so much in calculated actions as in cultivating friendly, warm-hearted impulses. You have to train yourself to obey giving impulses on the instant -- before they get a chance to cool. When you give impulsively, something happens inside of you that makes you glow, sometimes for hours.”
“Go pump some neurons. Expand your craniums”
“Between stimulus and response is the freedom to choose.”
“Iowa is home to teachers, farmers, lawyers, factory workers, and many others who work hard every day to provide the best for their families and their future.”
“We have to shift our understanding of ourselves as separate individuals, each seeking our own welfare, to an understanding of how we fit into social, biological, and physical environments.”
“I always knew I'd go back to school. Modeling was a means to an end, making money for graduate school.”
“..She had that brand of pragmatism that would find her the first brewing tea after Armageddon.”
“Some people would be discontented in Paradise, others ... are cheerful in a graveyard.”

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