Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “For one who held advanced socialist opinions, there was no atmosphere to breathe in.”

Most socialists had hitherto said that in our present civilized societies we actually produce much more than is necessary for guaranteeing full well-being to all.

Or, ‘We don’t like the idea of state management of railways, and the present management by private companies is organized robbery.

Far more important, however, than this outbreak of discontent, was the spirit which prevailed amongst the poorer portion of the working population in the outskirts of London.

Already during my stay at Clairvaux I saw the necessity of completely revising the formula itself of ‘struggle for existence’ in the animal world, and its applications to human affairs.