Throw A Theory Into The Fire; It

They Maintain That Only A Dictatorship - Their Dictatorship, Of Course - Can Create The Will Of The People, While Our Answer To This Is: No Dictatorship Can Have Any Other Aim But That Of Self-perpetuation, And It Can Beget Only Slavery In The People Tolerating It; Freedom Can Be Created Only By Freedom, That Is, By A Universal Rebellion On The Part Of The People And Free Organization Of The Toiling Masses From The Bottom Up.

Nationality Is Not A Universal Human Principle But An Historical, Local Fact...every Nation, Even A Small One, Has Its Own Character, Its Own Particular Way Of Life And Manner Of Speaking, Feeling, Thinking, And Behaving. These Distinctive Features Are The Essence Of Nationality, The Product Of A Nation's Entire History And Conditions Of Existence. Every Nation, Like Every Individual, Is Of Necessity What It Is, And Has An Unquestionable Right To Be Itself. So-called National Rights Consist Precisely Of This.

Whoever Says State Necessarily Says Domination, And, Consequently, Slavery; A State Without Slavery, Open Or Concealed, Is Inconceivable: That Is Why We Are Enemies Of The State.

The Urge To Destroy Is A Creative Urge.

Does Man's Freedom Consist In Revolting Against All Laws? We Say No, In So Far As Laws Are Natural, Economic, And Social Laws, Not Authoritatively Imposed But Inherent In Things, In Relations, In Situations, The Natural Development Of Which Is Expressed By Those Laws. We Say Yes If They Are Political And Juridical Laws, Imposed Upon Men By Men.