What Pierre-Joseph Proudhon thinks about government

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French socialist and anarchist thinker (1809 to 1865); author of What Is Property?

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2 dated positions, c. 1840, in their own words. Our reading of what Pierre-Joseph Proudhon has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1840

   Our readingAbolishing property while keeping possession would transform society and drive out evil

   Their wordsPossession is a right; property is against right. Suppress property while maintaining possession, and, by this simple modification of the principle, you will revolutionize law, government, economy, and institutions; you will drive evil from the face of the earth.

   ↗What is Property? (1840; Benjamin Tucker translation)gutenberg.org All 22 from this book

3. c. 1840

   Our readingAny government of people by people is oppression

   Their wordsThe government of man by man (under whatever name it be disguised) is oppression. Society finds its highest perfection in the union of order with anarchy.

   ↗What is Property? (1840; Benjamin Tucker translation)gutenberg.org All 22 from this book