Robert Shea

“But instead I usually say that, though it may surprise them, I too believe in the necessity of organization.”

“Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear.”

“Military organization, like religious organization, can be seen as a paradigm of organization in general.”

“Organized religion provides a model of the way all organizations, from the state down to the village garden club, end a price in terms of a member's freedom of thought and action.”

“Every combination of two or more human beings has both a useful aspect and a political aspect.”

“One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions.”

“You are attached to what you attack.”

“A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict.”