“We have no sympathy whatever with the ‘libertarians’ – be they Socialists, Anarchists or what not – whose philosophic internationalism somersaults into rankest chauvinism the moment it is put to the practical test.”

“Our voices as anti-militarists, as Anarchists and free thinkers must be raised much louder and more powerfully in all the countries where burns the torch of the war, and also where the torch is still to be lit.”

“…considering the impossibility, at least for the ordinary workman, of verifying in time who is the real aggressor, practically means that Kropotkin’s ‘anti-militarist’ ought always to obey the orders of his government.”

“The slogan of the revolutionaries is this: The present war is waged for the benefit of the rich. Let us fight to the death here, rather than die in the European trenches.”

“But when a country arms itself to the teeth, conscripts its men, organises its production according to war needs. it is folly to hope that war will not follow.”

“The propaganda of the socialist-internationalists, in advising desertion in the case of war, is the most logical consequence of this doctrine.”

“Philosophical considerations on the circulation of life, illustrated by modern colonial politics.”

“We want to be militians for freedom, but not soldiers in uniform. The army has proven to be a danger to the people: the popular militias alone protect public freedoms…”

“Enough is enough! It is necessary to destroy the army and privileges; but for that it is necessary, it is of indispensable necessity, that you enlighten yourself, that you understand and conquer your rights.”

“This country’s soldiers and henchmen of all sizes have nothing to envy. Just ask the women and children of Ludlow, Colorado.”