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In conversations about anarchism, or about the attitude of the federation, I never heard it said, ‘Bakúnin has said so’ or ‘Bakúnin thinks so,’ as if it clenched the discussion.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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gutenberg.orgPetr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “In conversations about anarchism, or about the attitude of the federation, I never heard it said, ‘Bakúnin has said so’…”
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Kropotkin points out that discussions about anarchism did not rely on Bakúnin's authority to settle debates.
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