“If I could come out in this book and advocate complete revolution and the violent overthrow of the United States of America, without being thrown in jail, I would not have written The Anarchist Cookbook, and there would be no need for it.”

—  William Powell (author) , book The Anarchist Cookbook

"Introduction".
The Anarchist Cookbook (1971)

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