Giovanni Baldelli

For the anarchist, rebellion is not only a statement of will but a statement of rightness and truth.

— Giovanni Baldelli

Rebellion presupposes the existence of oppression and, on the psychological plane, deification of rebellion creates an affective compact with oppression.

— Giovanni Baldelli

He who needs something to rebel against is less of a social anarchist than he who seeks to create something against which there is no need to rebel. There may be no end to the ugly, sordid, and horrifying things against which an honest man cannot help but revolt, but there are also things that are beautiful, joyful, and pure. If it were wrong to attend to the latter while the former still thrive, then a hopeless perpetual struggle would become the only meaning of life.

— Giovanni Baldelli

It is time to apply to the mystique of revolution the same critical intelligence that has been applied to the mystique of war.

— Giovanni Baldelli

Although many laws perpetuate advantages gained by antecendent violence and apply unequally to rich and poor, and although most are outwardly prohibitive and therefore negative, they rest on the positive basis of the will of most men to live peacefully together.

— Giovanni Baldelli