The whole of human history has up to now been a

constant struggle between the cultural,

creative forces of society and

the power aims of

particular castes

whose

leaders put

definite bounds to

cultural efforts, or at least tried

to do so. Culture gives man consciousness

of his humanity and creative strength, but power deepens in him the sense of

dependence

and

of

slavish

bondage.

 
-- Rudolph Rocker