Discover inspiring quotes by Jacques Élisée Reclus about hatred, hope, and the renewing power of anarchist thought.
“History permits the well-founded observation that the policy of hatred always breeds hatred and fatally complicates the general situation, if not leads to final ruin. How many nations perished in this way. Oppressors as well as oppressed! Should we also be doomed? I hope not! And I owe this hope also to the anarchist thinking, which penetrates day by day more and more into the light and renews the human initiative.”
Jacques Élisée Reclus
Jacques Élisée Reclus was a French geographer and anarchist (1830-1905).
This quote reminds us of the destructive power of hatred in politics, while also offering hope through the strength of anarchist thought that promotes renewal and humanity.
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Jacques Élisée Reclus (1830–1905) was a prominent French geographer, writer, and anarchist. He was renowned for his extensive geographical works and utopian-anarchist ideas, which he expressed in numerous writings. Reclus' thoughts significantly influenced the 19th-century anarchist movement.
“Die Geschichte lässt die wohlbegründete Feststellung zu, dass die Politik des Hasses immer wieder Hass erzeugt und die allgemeine Situation in verhängnisvoller Weise erschwert, wenn nicht gar zum endgültigen Ruin führt. Wie viele Nationen gingen so zu Grunde. Unterdrücker ebenso wie Unterdrückte! Sollten wir auch dem Untergang geweiht sein? Ich hoffe, nein! Und diese Hoffnung verdanke ich auch dem anarchistischen Denken, das von Tag zu Tag mehr ans Licht dringt und die menschliche initiative erneuert.”
Jacques Élisée Reclus war ein französischer Geograph und Anarchist. (1830-1905)
“L’histoire nous permet d’affirmer en toute certitude que la politique de haine engendre toujours la haine, aggravant fatalement la situation générale, ou même entraînant une ruine définitive. Que de nations périrent ainsi, oppresseurs aussi bien qu’opprimés ! Périrons-nous à notre tour ?
J’espère que non, grâce à la pensée anarchiste qui se fait jour de plus en plus, renouvelant l’initiative humaine.”
“History permits the well-founded observation that the policy of hatred always breeds hatred and fatally complicates the general situation, if not leads to final ruin. How many nations perished in this way. Oppressors as well as oppressed! Should we also be doomed? I hope not! And I owe this hope also to the anarchist thinking, which penetrates day by day more and more into the light and renews the human initiative.”
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