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Emma Goldman: Anarchism and other essays (Paperback, 1969, Dover) 5 stars

"Anarchism asserts the possibility of an organization without discipline, fear, or punishment, and without the …

"All voting,' says Thoreau, "is a sort of gaming. like checkers, or backgammon, a playing with right and wrong; its obligation never exceeds that of expediency. Even voting for the right thing is doing nothing for it. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority." A close examination of the machinery of politics and its achievements will bear out the logic of Thoreau.

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