the government can do nothing for you. But you can do everything for yourselves

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

I do not wish to be either governor nor governed!

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.

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

Justice is a faculty that may be developed. This development is what constitutes the education of the human race.

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