Ernst Junger Professions : Writer Born : March 29, 1895 Died : February 17, 1998 Browse All Authors Top 25 quotes by Ernst Junger Although I am an anarch, I am not anti-authoritarian. Quite the opposite: I need authority, although I do not believe in it. My critical faculties are sharpened by the absence of the credibility that I ask for. As a historian, I know what can be offered. Ernst Junger opposites believe needs Liberalism is to freedom as anarchism is to anarchy. Ernst Junger anarchism liberalism anarchy The (capital punishment) controversy passes the anarch by. For him, the linking of death and punishment is absurd. In this respect, he is closer to the wrongdoer than to the judge, for the high-ranking culprit who is condemned to death is not prepared to acknowledge his sentence as atonement; rather, he sees his guilt in his own inadequacy. Thus, he recognizes himself not as a moral but as a tragic person. Ernst Junger punishment guilt judging Often I have the impression that I am writing on paper that is already browning in the licks of the flames. Ernst Junger i-am impression paper writing The more the panic grows, the more uplifting the image of a man who refuses to bow to the terror. Ernst Junger image more who man Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors