Nestor Makhno

“Beat the Reds until they turn white, beat the Whites until they turn red.”

“I hope that you’ll do better than us when the time comes. Makhno has never refused a fight; if I’m still alive when your revolution begins, I’ll be one fighter among many.”

“The freedom of any individual carries within it the seed of a free and complete community without government, a free society that lives in organic and decentralized totality, united in its pursuit of the great human goal: Anarchist Communism!”

““Liberation” under the management of any government or political set-up — what’s that got to do with freedom?”

“I would still call on you, reader and brother, to take up the struggle for the ideal anarchism, for only if you fight for this ideal and uphold it will you understand it properly.”

“Anarchism is as revolutionary, as diverse, and as sublime in every facet as is human life itself.”

“Anarchism's outward form is a free, non-governed society, which offers freedom, equality and solidarity for its members. Its foundations are to be found in man’s sense of mutual responsibility, which has remained unchanged in all places and times. This sense of responsibility is capable of securing freedom and social justice for all men by its own unaided efforts. It is also the foundation of true communism.”

“Anarchism — a life of freedom and creative independence for humanity.”