Letter from Landauer to Martin Buber 1901, quoted in Martin Buber's Life and Work, vol. I by M. Friedman 1981, p. 251
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A goal can only be reached if the means are in consonance with its essential nature. One will never attain non-violence through violence.
— Gustav Landauer
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About Gustav Landauer
Gustav Landauer (7 April 1870 – 2 May 1919) was one of the leading theorists of anarchism in Germany at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
About Gustav Landauer
Gustav Landauer (7 April 1870 – 2 May 1919) was one of the leading theorists of anarchism in Germany at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
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