In any given society the authority of man over man runs in inverse proportion to the intellectual development of that society.

All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.

I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else; that is the alpha and omega of my argument: to others I leave the business of governing the world.

A common danger tends to concord. Communism is the exploitation of the strong by the weak. In Communism, inequality comes from placing mediocrity on a level with excellence.

Whoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant, and I declare him my enemy.

The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise!

Of my private life I have nothing to say: it does not concern others. I have always had little liking for autobiographies and have no interest in anyone's affairs. History proper and novels hold no attractions for me except insofar as, I can discern there, as within our immortal Revolution, the adventures of the mind.