You have got to unite in the same labor union and in the same political party and strike and vote together, and the hour you do that, the world is yours.

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.

The world of numbers and words is odd. A number is the only word that doesn’t lie and words can be very deceitful

I could only defend myself so much. It was my word against his. There was no evidence, nor was there any proof. My word meant very little.

His face looked almost as gray as his suit, and the pouches beneath his eyes looked like little bags for holding all the sadness that his head couldn't hold.

I get mixed up with the life we led and the life I imagined

Scientists have a strong urge to write papers but only a relatively mild one to read them.

Open the book. (The gilt rubs off the edges of the pages and pollinates the fingertips.)

The more you respect and focus on the singular and the strange, the more you become aware of the universal and infinite.

People have a problem with me being different, but that propels me forward in life.

My diet is like Atkins, but with the carbs.

Nobody's in love with me. I'm so sorry.