The star of revolution will rise high above the streets of Moscow, from a sea of blood and fire, and turn into a lodestar to lead a liberated humanity

Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.

Children do not constitute anyone's property: they are neither the property of their parents nor even of society. They belong only to their own future freedom.

Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it.

Destroy or be destroyed-there is no middle way! Let us then be the destroyers!

In antiquity slaves were, in all honesty called slaves. In the middle ages, they took the name of serfs. Nowadays they are called wage earners.

People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy.

A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished.

From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots.

In every State, the government is nothing but a permanent conspiracy on the part of the minority against the majority, which it enslaves and fleeces.

If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish Him.

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues....

Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows

The Truth is doubted.

How's the blood-stream, my dear, invaluable little woman? How's the blood-stream?"..."It's quite comfortable, sir...I think, sir, thank yo

To feel that life is meaningless unless “I” can be permanent is like having fallen desperately in love with an inch.

Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. To be more safe, [nations] at length become willing to run the risk of being less free.

Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop star.

Only the force of American arms, or the extremely credible threat of that force, can bring a fresh face to power.

Beautiful as a dandelion-blossom golden in the green grass, this life can be.

A mother is only as happy as her saddest child.