Society is undergoing a silent revolution, which must be submitted to, and which takes no more notice of the human existences it breaks down than an earthquake regards the houses it subverts. The classes and the races, too weak to master the new conditions of life, must give way.

The imaginary flowers of religion adorn man's chains. Man must throw off the flowers, and also the chains.

Religion is the opium of the masses.

My object in life is to dethrone God and destroy capitalism.

All I know is that I am not a Marxist.

Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor.

The education of all children, from the moment that they can get along without a mother's care, shall be in state institutions.