From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.

All history has been a history of class struggles, of struggles between exploited and exploiting, between dominated and dominating classes at various stages of social development.

The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy.

Terror consists mostly of useless cruelties perpetrated by frightened people in order to reassure themselves.

Freedom is the recognition of necessity.

Everything must justify its existence before the judgment seat of Reason, or give up existence.

Without analysis, no synthesis.

The emancipation of woman will only be possible when woman can take part in production on a large, social scale, and domestic work no longer claims anything but an insignificant amount of her time.

Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

No nation can be free if it oppresses other nations.

Umgangsformen sind Formen, die zunehmend umgangen werden.

I can muster up the courage in the difficult situations to get me through.

As is natural with contiguous states having like institutions and like aims of advancement and development, the friendship of the United States and Mexico has been constantly maintained.

Is this complicated, risky [banking] system the best we can have?

If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.

I don’t think I will get married,” Polly said as she stood up. “I’m going to train to be a hero instead.

Go fast enough to get there, but slow enough to see.

Using death to defeat death... wow. No way the devil saw that one coming.

I've always hated the way I looked, and I've never complained about my brains.

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.