I am for Socialism because I am for humanity.

The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery.

I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it.

What can Labor do for itself? The answer is not difficult. Labor can organize, it can unify; it can consolidate its forces. This done, it can demand and command.

I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.

I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets.

The most heroic word in all languages is REVOLUTION.

Capitalism needs and must have the prison to protect itself from the criminals it has created.

While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

No war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.

Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.

Celebrating faith over reason is merely a way of denying what is, in favor of embracing any whim that strikes your fancy.

Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as the headlights but you can make the whole trip that way.

A good mind possesses a kingdom: a great fortune is a great slavery.

Visit your Aunt, but not every Day; and call at your Brother's, but not every night.

Things are going round and round in my head--or maybe my head is going round and round in things.

I'm motivated. The spirit hits me and I just keep going and don't stop. The more I play, the more I can invent, the more ideas come to me.

If a species is diverse, it can survive and prosper. If a species is homogeneous, it is vulnerable.

Book love is something like romantic love. When we are reading a really great book, burdens feel lighter, cares seem smaller.

Pseudo-mysticism seeks to evade reality; authentic mysticism wants to live it.

The world for which you have been so carefully prepared is being taken away from you, by the grace of God.