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.

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.

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

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.

Your heart can break at any age.

I will not send you [Raimondo], they might murder you, but I do not think they will do anything to Catherine - she is a woman and they have great respect for her.

Vladimir Nabokov, contemning readers who "identified" with characters in fiction, remarked that the best readers identify with the artist.

Authority that can not be questioned is tyranny" Terry Pratchett: A Slip of the Keyboard

Globalization is a great thing, but it needs a legal framework in which to blossom.

Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle.

Sometimes I think of Paris not as a city but as a home.

There were always questions about my parents; I got so fed up with that.

Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better.

Fooles give to please all but their owne.