Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (pronounced [ˈpruːd ɒn] in BrE, [pʁu dɔ̃] in French) (January 15, 1809 – January 19, 1865) was the first individual to call himself an "anarchist."

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  • The elements of justice are identical with those of algebra.
    • What is Property?, Chapter IV
  • AXIOM.--Property is the Right of Increase claimed by the Proprietor over any thing which he has stamped as his own.
    • What is Property?, Chapter IV
  • The proprietor, producing neither by his own labor nor by his implement, and receiving products in exchange for nothing, is either a parasite or a thief.
    • What is Property?, Chapter IV
    • Note: This might be the origin for the quote "property is theft".
  • In order better to grasp the thought of Malthus, let us translate it into philosophical propositions by stripping it of its rhetorical gloss:-- "Individual liberty, and property, which is its expression, are economical data; equality and solidarity are not.…
    • The Philosophy of Misery Chapter I
    • Note: Emphasis not in original. This might be the origin for the quote "property is liberty".
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Attributed

  • To be governed is to be watched over, inspected, spied on, directed, legislated over, regulated, docketed, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, assessed, weighed, censored, ordered about, by men who have neither right, nor knowledge, nor virtue.
    • As cited in Woodcock, The Anarchist Reader, p. 13.
  • Property is theft.
  • Property is liberty.
  • Communism is a society where each one works according to his abilities and gets according to his needs
  • All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism
  • Laws: We know what they are, and what they are worth! They are spider webs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the poor and weak, fishing nets in the hands of government.
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About Proudhon

  • "Proudhon is the master of us all." ~ Mikhail Bakunin, as cited in Woodcock, Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements (1962), p. 152.


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