The Communism of Marx seeks enormous centralization in the state, and where such exists, there must inevitably be a central state bank, and where such a bank exists, the parasitic Jewish nation, which speculates on the work of the people, will always find a way to prevail.
– Mikhail Bakunin, 1871. Bakunin on Marx and Rothschild.
The multitude, the mass spirit, dominates everywhere, destroying quality.
– Emma Goldman, 1917. Minorities versus Majorities.
Nietzsche was not a social theorist but a poet, a rebel and innovator. His aristocracy was neither of birth nor of purse; it was of the spirit. In that respect Nietzsche was an anarchist, and all true anarchists were aristocrats. -
– Emma Goldman, 1931. Living My Life.
I have no quarrel with libertarians who advance the concept of capitalism of the type that you have advanced. […] Let me make it very plain that if socialism, which is what I call the authoritarian version of collectivism, were to emerge, I would join your [anarcho-capitalist] community. I would migrate to your community and do everything I could to prevent the collectivists from abridging my right to function as I like.
– Murray Bookchin, 1979. Interview with Jeff Riggenbach. Reason Magazine
To briefly cite some notable anarchist theorists: