I am starting a series of quotes by Anarchists and about Anarchists.  These will be according my own taste.  There is a nice collection of quotes  by Anarchists edited by Paul Berman  I may or may not use some of them.  Check the book out anyway.  My first will be from Emma Goldman's essay, Anarchism.  In a day or two I'll post one about Chomsky as an Anarchist.  Here's Emma.

As to methods, Anarchism is not, as some might suppose, a theory of the future to be realized by divine inspiration.  It is a living force in the affairs of our life, constantly creating new conditions.  The methods of Anarchism therefore do not comprise an iron-clad program to be carried out under all circumstances.  Methods must grow out of the economic needs of each place and clime, and of the intellectual and temperamental requirements of the individual.  The serene, calm character of a Tolstoy will wish different methods for social reconstruction than the intense, overflowing personality of a Michael Bakunin or a Peter Kropotkin.  Equally so it must be apparent that the economic and political needs of Russia will dictate more drastic measures than will England or America.  Anarchism does not stand for military drill and uniformity; it does, however, stand for the spirit of revolt, in whatever form, against everything that hinders human growth.  All anarchists agree in that, as they also agree in their opposition to the political machinery as  a means of bringing about the great social change.

Emma Goldman from Anarchism and Other Essays, 1917.