Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Quotes


"All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism."
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
(Related: Power)

"A common danger tends to concord. Communism is the exploitation of the strong by the weak. In Communism, inequality comes from placing mediocrity on a level with excellence."
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
(Related: Communism, Danger, Excellence, Exploitation, Inequality, Mediocrity)

"Property is theft."
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
(Related: Property, Theft)

"The possessions of the rich are stolen property."
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
(Related: Possessions, Property)

"When deeds speak, words are nothing."
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
(Related: Deeds, Nothing, Words)

"The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise!"
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon