As To The American Tradition Of Non-meddling,

Capitalistic Anarchism ? Oh, Yes, If You Choose To Call It So. Names Are Indifferent To Me; I Am Not Afraid Of Bugaboos. Let It Be So, Then, Capitalistic Anarchism.

What I Say Is, That The Real Non-resistants Can Believe In Direct Action Only, Never In Political Action. For The Basis Of All Political Action Is Coercion; Even When The State Does Good Things, It Finally Rests On A Club, A Gun, Or A Prison, For Its Power To Carry Them Through.

There Is One Common Struggle Against Those Who Have Appropriated The Earth, The Money, And The Machines.

The Paramount Question Of The Day Is Not Political, Is Not Religious, But Is Economic. The Crying-out Demand Of Today Is For A Circle Of Principles That Shall Forever Make It Impossible For One Man To Control Another By Controlling The Means Of His Existence.

The Revolution Is ... The Blow Dealt ... Agains The Counter Force Of Tyranny, Which Has Never Entirely Recovered From The Blow, But Which From Then Till Now Has Gone On Remolding And Regrappling The Instruments Of Governmental Power, That The Revolution Sought To Shape And Hold As Defenses Of Liberty.