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Peter Kropotkin Quotes on Politics

Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin was a Russian geographer, naturalist, and anarchist philosopher and one of the founders of anarcho-communism. This page collects quotes attributed to Peter Kropotkin on the topic of politics, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Peter Kropotkin:

    “Mutual aid is a factor of evolution.”

  • Attributed to Peter Kropotkin:

    “Cooperation, not competition, is the law of life.”

  • Attributed to Peter Kropotkin:

    “Anarchy is the rejection of all rule, of all authority not consented to.”

  • Attributed to Peter Kropotkin:

    “Bread for all is the foundation of every human society.”

  • Attributed to Peter Kropotkin:

    “The state is the organized destruction of mutual aid.”