By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By read more

By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By intellectual liberty I mean the right to think wrong.

Make revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions.

Make revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions.

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Liberty, as it is concieved by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or read more

Liberty, as it is concieved by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behaviour.

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. read more

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity.

I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to read more

I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.

Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.

Revolutionaries are more formalistic than conservatives.