political-authors-from-japan

"We have often heard the abuse that the ideal of anarchist communism is an unrealizable fancy. Everyone clings to the superstitious belief that autonomy cannot be achieved without the support of a . In particular, some socialists ... sneer at the “dream” of anarchism. Yet I have found that it is not a dream, but something aspects of which have been realized in the autonomy of the villages inherited from our ancestors. In some remote districts where there is no so-called “culture,” I have discovered a simple mutual aid ... and a social life based on mutual agreement. It is completely different from “administration” under central government, being a mutual aid organization generated by necessity and continued in parallel with the official administration since before the time when there was an “administrative organ.”"

"Egoistic urban life is intolerable to those accustomed to village life. Where there is no hope of success besides poverty, it is far more comfortable and warm to support each other under the protection of the association."

"I must cease the casting of my own chains. I must cease the binding of my body. I must break the chains that bind me. I must also create a new self, a new reality, a new sense of justice, a new fate."

"The interaction of nothing with nothing—the relationship between nothing and nothing—will, ultimately, be nothing."

"With each loss, new buds of victory unfold in our hearts."

"Arguments don't break chains."

"Let freedom be for an idea, Let freedom be for an action, Still, let freedom be for a motive!"

"Sloth has no ambition. Sloth makes no history."

"So struggle! For struggle is life's flower; The fertile flower of life."