The first duty of a man is to think for himself

The dagger plunged in the name of freedom is plunged into the breast of freedom.

Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life.

A genuine man goes to the roots. To be a radical is no more than that: to go to the roots.

Man needs to go outside himself in order to find repose and reveal himself.

Let those who desire a secure homeland conquer it. Let those who do not conquer it live under the whip and in exile, watched over like wild animals, cast from one country to another, concealing the death of their souls with a beggar's smile from the scorn of free men.

An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life.