All that is good and commendable now existing would continue to exist if all marriage laws were repealed tomorrow . . .

I am a free lover. I have an inalienable, constitutional and natural right to love whom I may, to love as long or short a period as I can; to change that love every day if I please.

There is something wrong with a government that makes women the legal property of their husbands. The whole system needs changing, but men will never make the changes. They have too much to lose.

It is not great wealth in a few individuals that proves a country is prosperous, but great general wealth evenly distributed among the people. . .

I endeavor to make the most of everything.

It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.

While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.

Woman's ability to earn money is better protection against the tyranny and brutality of men than her ability to vote.

I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.

Let women issue a declaration of independence sexually, and absolutely refuse to cohabit with men until they are acknowledged as equals in everything, and the victory would be won in a single week.

I offer you the remedy of Free Love as an antidote for enforced lust, and the world will have to take it before the disease can be cured.

Because of His love, God always provides us with the perfect sketch of our destiny and true purpose for us to apply the finishing lines.

You are not suffering yesterday or tomorrow. You are only suffering your memory and your imagination.

But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.

Had it lived long, is would have been Lilies without, roses within.

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful and being generous. Everything else is crap.

Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village.

I don't have a kid, but I think that I would be a good father, especially if my baby liked to go out drinking.

If thy hope be any thing worth, it will purify thee from thy sins.

Nonviolent attainment of self-government presupposes a non-violent control over the violent elements in the country.

But it's our curse and our blessing to remember the past and to know there's a future. —Charlie