Rudolf Rocker Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: March 25, 1873 - September 19, 1958
Birthday: March 25
Death: September 19
Political rights do not exist because they have been legally set down on a piece of paper, but only when they have become the ingrown habit of a people, and when any attempt to impair them will meet with the violent resistance of the populace... One compels respect from others when he knows how to defend his dignity as a human being... The people owe all the political rights and privileges which we enjoy today in greater or lesser measure, not to the good will of their governments, but to their own strength.
source: "Anarcho-Syndicalism" by Rudolf Rocker, (Ch. 5), 1938.
topic: Rights, Government, People, Political Rights, Enjoy Today, Rights And Privileges
