The worship of words is more pernicious than the worship of images. Grammatolatry is the worst species of idolatry.

It is within your power at this very moment not only to consumate an act of enlightened statesmanship, but, as the instrument of the Almighty, to restore to freedom a race of men.

Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in the hands of its citizens.

It is idle to await unanimity.

And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to be considered by others, as utterly divested, now and during the rest of my life, of any such rights, the barbarous relics of a feudal, despotic system.

The worship of words is more pernicious than the worship of images. Grammatolatry is the worst species of idolatry.

Property in man, always morally unjust, has become nationally dangerous.