Theology created the fiction of Satan which represents the revolt if an infinite being against the existence of an absolute infinity, against God.

The privilege of ruling would be in the hands of the skilled and the learned, with a wide scope left for profitable crooked deals carried on by the Jews, who would be attracted by the enormous extension of the international speculations of the national banks.

Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.

If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish Him.

The freedom of all is essential to my freedom.

To my utter despair I have discovered, and discover every day anew, that there is in the masses no revolutionary idea or hope or passion.

I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason.