Each nation, each separate region, and even each local section had to be left free to develop on its own lines.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Each nation, each separate region, and even each local section had to be left free to develop on its own lines.”
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Kropotkin emphasizes the importance of local autonomy in national development.
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