Think it over and see if it is not the law itself, the government which really creates crime by compelling people to live in conditions that make the… - Alexander Berkman

" "

Think it over and see if it is not the law itself, the government which really creates crime by compelling people to live in conditions that make them bad. See how law and government uphold and protect the biggest crime of all, the mother of all crimes, the capitalistic wage system, and then proceeds to punish the poor criminal.

wage-slavery capitalism wage-labor anarcho-communism anarchism anti-capitalism
English
Collect this quote

About Alexander Berkman

Alexander Berkman (November 21, 1870 – June 28, 1936) was a prominent Lithuanian Jewish anarchist, and a close associate of Emma Goldman. His adult life was largely spent in the United States, Germany and France.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Native Name: Александр Осипович Беркман
Alternative Names: Owsei Ossipowitsch Berkman • Alexandre Berkman
All quotes from Alexander Berkman Similar Quotes by other Originators
Try QuoteGPT

Chat naturally about what you need. Each answer links back to real quotes with citations.

Additional quotes by Alexander Berkman

Any one who tells you that Anarchists don’t believe in organization is talking nonsense. Organization is everything, and everything is organization.
anarchism organisation
Find Similar
Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI

Add semantic quote search to your AI assistant via MCP. One command setup.

Set Up MCP
The solution — the only possible one — consists in the producer receiving the full value of his product, or its equivalent. This involves the termination of capitalist production for profit, and the organization of cooperative social production for use.
capitalism socialism economics co-operation anarchism
Find Similar