"In the commune, the struggle was for the conquest and defence of the liberty of the individual, for the federative principle, for the right to unite and to act; whereas the States' wars had as their objective the destruction of these liberties, the submission of the individual, the annhiliation of the free contract, and the uniting of men in a universal slavery to king, judge, and priest -- to the State."

- from The State; Its Historic Role by Peter Kropotkin