A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished |
A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished |
Anyone who makes plans for after the revolution is a reactionary |
Anyone who makes plans for after the revolution is a reactionary |
Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker. |
Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain. |
Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it. |
From each according to his faculties; to each according to his needs |
From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots. |
He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity |
He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity |
I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation. |
Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. |
If there be a human being who is freer than I, then I shall necessarily become his slave. If I am freer than any other, then he will become my slave. Therefore equality is an absolutely necessary condition of freedom. |
If there is a State, then there is domination, and in turn, there is slavery. |