The State has no more existence than gods and devils have. They are equally the reflex and creation of man, for man, the individual, is the only reality. The State is but the shadow of man, the shadow of his opaqueness, of his ignorance and fear.

If elections really changed anything, they would be outlawed.

Conceit, arrogance, and egotism are the essentials of patriotism.

Free love? as if love is anything but free. Man has bought brains, but all the millions in the world have failed to buy love.

Success achieved by the most contemptible means cannot but destroy the soul. ... It helps to cover up the inner corruption and gradually dulls one's scruples, so that those who begin with some high ambition cannot, even if they would, create anything out of themselves.

The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society.

Liberty will not descend to a people, a people must raise themselves to liberty...