"Bellegarrigue adhered to the central anarchist tradition in his idea of society as necessary and natural and as having “a primordial existence which resists all destructions and all disorganizations.” The expression of society Bellegarrigue finds in the commune, which is not an artificial constriction, but a “fundamental organism,” and which, provided rulers do not interfere, can be relied on to reconcile the interests of the individuals who compose it. It is in all men’s interests to observe “the rules of providential harmony,” and for this reason all governments, armies, and bureaucracies must be suppressed. This task must be carried out neither by political parties, which will always seek to dominate, nor by violent revolution, which needs leaders like any other military operation. The people, once enlightened, must act for itself."
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George Woodcock, in Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements (1962), p. 276
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Anselme Bellegarrigue
Anselme Bellegarrigue (born between 1820 and 1825) was an anarchist who took part in the 1848 French Revolution, and who founded the newspaper, L'Anarchie.
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