The economic owning class is always the political ruling class.

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.

Some men, like modern shops, hang everything in their show windows; when one goes inside, nothing is to be found.

Always engage yourself positively with situations.

I believe there is a theory that men and women emerge finer and stronger after suffering, an that to advance in this or any world we must endure ordeal by fire." (From Rebecca)

Against stupidity, God Himself fights in vain.

Compassion is the most necessary ingredient in all relationships. Everything depends on it.

Those who have compassion when they do battle will be victorious. Those who likewise defend themselves will be safe. Heaven will rescue and protect them with compassion.

I am a woman. My life is a long, strong, twisted rope, made up of a number of human relationships, nothing more.

By abolishing private property one deprives the human love of aggression.

There are things that I refuse to deal with except through my music... because I don't trust humanity that much, and I don't know if I trust me that much. But I trust the songs.