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

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.

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.

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

No nation can be free if it oppresses other nations.

This stupidity of sounding a siren and speeding through traffic with a coffin must be an African speciality.

Dictionaries are like watches. The worst is better than none at all and even the best cannot be expected to run quite true.

When nature gave us tears, She gave us leave to weep.

I really wish I had invented the flip-flop. I love flip-flops. It's the one style of shoe I would be so proud of inventing: the Havaiana.

Radio has always been pictures of the mind; for me, the essence of radio has always been voices that talk to me and don't patronise me.

...how could I, fool that I am, go on sitting in my office, or here at home, instead of leaping onto a train with my eyes shut and opening them only when I am with you?

If you love your heart, this can be transmitted to other people. I mean you can help anybody that wants to do the same.

What I find really interesting is to try and mix it up, to push myself and try different things. I don't want to stay in my comfort zone. I want to take risks and keep myself scared.

Presidents in the modern era who've had significant assets have usually put those into a blind trust with some kind of independent manager.

When I was growing up, one or two girls were beautiful, but it was not an aspiration, right?