The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control.

If the individual has a right to govern himself, all external government is tyranny. Hence the necessity of abolishing the State.

Anarchists are simply unterrified Jeffersonian Democrats.

Aggression is simply another name for government.

To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury.

The shortest way to change a radical into a conservative, a liberal into a tyrant, a man into a beast, is to give him power over his fellows.

But which is the State's essential function, aggression or defence, few seem to know or care.

The State is said by some to be a necessary evil; it must be made unnecessary.

War and Authority are companions; Peace and Liberty are companions.

Is not the very beginning of privilege, monopoly and industrial slavery this erecting of the ballot-box above the individual?

The cost of justice can be justly paid only by the invader.

If someone can't forgive, it's because he does not love

The home of everyone is to him his castle and fortress as well for his defence against injury and violence as for his repose.

Sometimes words are not needed, and the simplicity of expressing yourself through an art form is one of the best ways of communication.

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic.

I want my kids to experience passion. I want them to see that I have things I feel passionate about because it is such a great feeling to really love something.

There's one piece of advice my dad gave me when he dropped me off at college. He said, "You've got the talent. You can sing and play guitar. That doesn't make you any better than anyone else.".

Nothing has happened in education until it has happened to a student.

If you wanted to dissect the structure of living cells, genetic analysis was an extremely powerful method, so my interest turned to that.

The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy.