True revolutionaries do not flaunt their radicalism. They cut their hair, put on suits and infiltrate the system from within.

It is a world not of angels but of angles, where men speak of moral principles but act on power principles; a world where we are always moral and our enemies always immoral.

Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.

If people don't think they have the power to solve their problems, they won't even think about how to solve them.

Change comes from power, and power comes from organization. In order to act, people must get together.

I prize my own independence too much. And philosophically, I could never accept any rigid dogma or ideology, whether it's Christianity or Marxism…The greatest crimes in history have been perpetrated by such religious and political and racial fanatics, from the persecutions of the Inquisition on down to Communist purges and Nazi genocide.

The establishment can accept being screwed, but not being laughed at