The advantages of wealth are greatly exaggerated.

Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights.

The real conflict, if any exists, is between two industrial systems.

The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account.

I have always been fully persuaded that, through co-operation, labor could become its own employer.

All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in any country have failed.

Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce.

The right of each individual in any relation to secure to himself the full benefits of his intelligence, his capacity, his industry and skill are among the inalienable inheritances of humanity.

When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the resources of the country. Labor will have its best return when the laborer can control its disposal.

Money is the great tool through whose means labor and skill become universally co-operative.

Each individual member of a co-operative society works with that interest which is inseparable from the new position he enjoys. Each has an interest in the other.

Selling MP3s or physical copies, it's still cool, but I think it's slowly becoming outdated to where people just want to build a culture.

I wouldn't say I have a lack of fear. In fact, I'd like my fear emotion to be less because it's very distracting and fries my nervous system.

If you're the parent, be a parent. You know what I mean? I'm a parent. I have daughters.

Many friends are the key to happiness

The wisdom's in the trees not the glass windows.

It’s a moment I’ll remember forever, because it belongs to me.

Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.

As I traveled from one country to another, no one knew anything about me. So I could be anybody, I could speak as I wished, act as I wished, dress as I wished

What you do to these men on California's Death Row, you do to God.

If you're going to offer a position of great power and importance to somebody, you're not gonna do that publicly unless you know they're gonna accept it, because to refuse it is a rebuke.