“Implicit in the stare of those eyes, the power of those knobbly hands, was labor's historic threat of violence against capital.”

“Threats to our standing in the eyes of others are remarkably potent biologically, almost as powerful as those to our very survival.”

“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.”

“The USA was the explicit answer to an implicit threat of war, whereas the EU was the implicit answer to explicit experiences of war.”

“The only law that means anything - that can have anything to do with God - is one that is alive and that strives for justice given the circumstances of the present. Otherwise, the law is merely something dead, a weapon in the hands of those with power. Against those with none.”

“There are times when those eyes inside your brain stare back at you.”