¶ 10
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It was at this point — the necessity of striking down monopoly — that came the parting of their ways. Here the road forked. They found that they must turn either to the right or to the left, — follow either the path of Authority or the path of Liberty. Marx went one way; Warren and Proudhon the other. Thus were born State Socialism and Anarchism.
— Benjamin Tucker
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Source: Wikiquote: "Benjamin Tucker" (Quotes, State Socialism and Anarchism: How Far They Agree, and Wherin They Differ (1888): Online text — originally published in Liberty 5.16, no. 120 (10 March 1888), pp. 2-3, 6)
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About Benjamin Tucker
Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (17 April 1854 – 22 June 1939) was a journalist, socialist, and the leading proponent of American individualist anarchism in the 19th century.
About Benjamin Tucker
Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (17 April 1854 – 22 June 1939) was a journalist, socialist, and the leading proponent of American individualist anarchism in the 19th century.
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