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“Anarchism...rests upon the doctrine that no man has a right to control by force the action of any other man.”
— Lyman Abbott, "The Cause and Cure of Anarchism" in The Outlook, Volume 70 (February 1902)
“Anarchy means an absence of law. Sociologically it is the modern theory which proposes to do away with all existing forms of government and to organize a society which will exercise all its functions without any controlling or directive authority.”
— The Catholic Encyclopedia (1907)
“While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.”
— Charles Evans Hughes, in statement of May 1908, quoted in "Reauthorization of The Civil Rights Division of The United States Department of Justice" (15 May 2003) US House of Representatives.
“In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged, in secret, a Master Ring to control all others. And into this Ring he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One Ring to rule them all.”
— Galadriel, in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), written by Frances Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson, based on The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
“The Trickster represents the quality of randomness and chance in the universe, without which there could be no freedom. In the Craft the Goddess is not omnipotent. The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily under control. Understanding this keeps us humble, able to admit that we cannot know or control or define everything.”
— Starhawk, in The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess (1979), p. 231
“If those in charge of our society — politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television — can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.”
— Howard Zinn, as quoted in Seeds of Revolution : A Collection of Axioms, Passages and Proverbs (2014) by Iam A. Freeman, Vol. 1, p. 587

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