French - Economist | January 15, 1809 - January 19, 1865
When deeds speak, words are nothing.
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else; that is the alpha and omega of my argument: to others I leave the business of governing the world.
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A common danger tends to concord. Communism is the exploitation of the strong by the weak. In Communism, inequality comes from placing mediocrity on a level with excellence.
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The possessions of the rich are stolen property.
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Property is theft.
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The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise!
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All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.
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Communism is inequality, but not as property is. Property is exploitation of the weak by the strong. Communism is exploitation of the strong by the weak.
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