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“From the family, through the school and religious institutions, the mass media, to the factory and finally trade union and "revolutionary" party, capitalist society conspires to foster obedience, hierarchy, the work ethic, and authoritarian discipline in the working class as a whole; indeed, in many of its "emancipatory" movements as well.”
― Murray Bookchin, To Remember Spain: The Anarchist and Syndicalist Revolution of 1936

“We must consciously create our own world, not according to mindless customs and destructive prejudices, but according to the canons of reason, reflection, and discourse that uniquely belong to our own species.”
― Murray Bookchin, The Next Revolution: Popular Assemblies and the Promise of Direct Democracy

“I wish I could show you,
When you are lonely or in darkness,

The Astonishing Light
Of your own Being!”
― Hafez, The Divan

“When all your desires are distilled
You will cast just two votes:
To love more,
And be happy.”
― Hafez