“In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the People.”

“The people can have anything they want, the only problem is they do not want anything.”

“I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence.”

“I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth; I am a citizen of the world.”

“When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.”

“Be true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth.”

“While there is a lower class, I am in it. While there is a criminal element, I am of it.While there is a soul in prison, I am not free.”