If you say that you reject violence when it exceeds the limits imposed by the needs of defense, they accuse you of pacifism, without understanding th… - Errico Malatesta

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If you say that you reject violence when it exceeds the limits imposed by the needs of defense, they accuse you of pacifism, without understanding that violence is the whole essence of authoritarianism, just as the repudiation of violence is the whole essence of anarchism.

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About Errico Malatesta

Errico Malatesta (December 14, 1853 – July 22, 1932) was an Italian anarcho-communist.

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