I may be arrested, I may be tried and thrown into jail, but I never will be silent.

Mankind has been punished long and heavily for having created its gods; nothing but pain and persecution have been man's lot since gods began.

Puritanism, in whatever expression, is a poisonous germ. On the surface everything may look strong and vigorous; yet the poison works its way persistently, until the entire fabric is doomed.

Real wealth consists in things of utility and beauty, in things that help to create strong, beautiful bodies and surroundings inspiring to live in.

They do not want to know that centralization is not only the death-knell of liberty, but also of health and beauty, of art and science, all these being impossible in a clock-like, mechanical atmosphere.

wealth means power: the power to subdue, to crush, to exploit, the power to enslave, to outrage, to degrade.

If not for the direct action of a John Brown and his comrades, America would still trade in the flesh of the black man.