... it matters not what natural endowment a race may have if it prostitutes itself to the service of death.

Charity is an ugly trick. It is a virtue grown by the rich on the graves of the poor. Unless it is accompanied by sincere revolt against the present social system, it is a cheap moral swagger. In former times it was used as fire insurance by the rich, but now that the fear of Hell has gone along with the rest of revealed religion, it is used either to gild mean lives with nobility or as a political instrument.

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

The choice between law and justice is an easy one for courageous minds.

... it matters not what natural endowment a race may have if it prostitutes itself to the service of death.

A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.