I do not wish to be either governor nor governed!

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

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

As man seeks justice in equality, so society seeks order in anarchy.

By no means. I have just given you my serious and well-considered profession of faith. Although a firm friend of order, I am (in the full force of the term) an anarchist. Listen to me.

Communism is a society where each one works according to his abilities and gets according to his needs.

I stand ready to negotiate, but I want no part of laws: I acknowledge none; I protest against every order with which some authority may feel pleased on the basis of some alleged necessity to over-rule my free will. Laws: We know what they are, and what they are worth! They are spider webs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the poor and weak, fishing nets in the hands of government.