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revolutions are not won by enlisting the masses. Revolution is a science only a few are competent to practice. It depends on correct organization and, above all, on communications. Then, at the proper moment in history, they strike. Correctly organized and properly timed it is a bloodless coup. Done clumsily or prematurely and the result is civil war, mob violence, purges, terror.
Under what circumstances is it moral for a group to do that which is not moral for a member of that group to do alone?”
A rational anarchist believes that concepts such as ‘state’ and ‘society’ and ‘government’ have no existence save as physically exemplified in the acts of self-responsible individuals.
Nothing uses up alcohol faster than political argument.
But Luna herself is a stern schoolmistress; those who have lived through her harsh lessons have no cause to feel ashamed.
A managed democracy is a wonderful thing, Manuel, for the managers . . . and its greatest strength is a ‘free press’ when ‘free’ is defined as ‘responsible’ and the managers define what is ‘irresponsible.’
Limiting the freedom of news ‘just a little bit’ is in the same category with the classic example ‘a little bit pregnant.’
too many facts hamper a diplomat, especially an honest one.”
