Civilization, like an airplane in flight, survives only as it keeps going forward.

Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.

Books are like eggs -- best when fresh.

The ideal society can be described, quite simply, as that in which no man has the power of means to coerce others.

I would never betray a friend to serve a cause. Never reject a friend to help an institution. Great nations may fall in ruin before I would sell a friend to save them.

Saving the world is only a hobby. Most of the time I do nothing.

Susan Sontag: What she really wanted, throughout her career, was to grow up to be a Frenchman.