For Anarchy To Succeed Or

Hate Does Not Produce Love, And By Hate One Cannot Remake The World.

The Basic Function Of The Government Everywhere In All Times, Whatever Title It Adopts And Whatever Its Origin And Organisation May Be, Is Always That Of Oppressing And Exploiting The Masses, Of Defending The Oppressors And The Exploiters: And It's Principal, Characteristic And Indispensable Instruments Are The Police Agent And The Tax-collector, The Soldier And The Gaoler - To Whom Must Be Invariably Added The Trader In Lies, Be He Priest Of Schoolmaster, Remunerated Or Protected By The Government To Enslave Minds And Make Them Docilely Accept The Yoke.

Anarchism Is The Abolition Of Exploitation And Oppression Of Man By Man, That Is, The Abolition Of Private Property And Government; Anarchism Is The Destruction Of Misery, Of Superstitions, Of Hatred. Therefore, Every Blow Given To The Institutions Of Private Property And To The Government, Every Exaltation Of The Conscience Of Man, Every Disruption Of The Present Conditions, Every Lie Unmasked, Every Part Of Human Activity Taken Away From The Control Of The Authorities, Every Augmentation Of The Spirit Of Solidarity And Initiative, Is A Step Towards Anarchism.

Intolerance Of Oppression, The Desire To Be Free And Develop One Personality To Its Full Limits, Is Not Enough To Make One An Anarchist. That Aspiration Towards Unlimited Freedom, If Not Tempered By A Love For Mankind And By The Desire That All Should Enjoy Equal Freedom, May Well Create Rebels Who Soon Become Exploiters And Tyrants.

For Anarchy To Succeed Or Simply To Advance Towards Its Success It Must Be Conceived Not Only As A Lighthouse Which Illuminates And Attracts, But As Something Possible And Attainable, Not In Centuries To Come, But In A Relatively Short Time And Without Relying On Miracles.