Anybody can be nobody; but it takes a man to be somebody.

I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.

The guns on the walls that surround the prison accurately, though unwittingly, index the true character of the penitentiary in our day.

A man should take to himself no discomfort from an opinion expressed or implied by his adversary, but it is difficult, and oftentimes humiliating to attempt to justify the kindness of one's friends.

The prison, above all others, should be the most human of institutions.

Wherever capitalism appears, in pursuit of its mission of exploitation, there will Socialism, fertilized by misery, watered by tears, and vitalized by agitation be also found, unfurling its class-struggle banner and proclaiming its mission of emancipation.

Labor is today the most vital and potential power this planet has ever known, and its historic mission of emancipating the workers of the world from the thraldom of the ages is as certain of ultimate realization as is the setting of the sun.