individualism

Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all.

The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba -- yes Cuba too.

The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution!

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker

The first duty of a man is to think for himself

A whole nation cannot rise above itself.

Be different. Be original. Nobody will remember a specific flower in a garden filled with thousands of the same yellow flower, but they will remember the one that managed to change its color to purple.

In fact I've reached the stage where I look at people and say - he or she, they are whole at all because they've chosen to block off at this stage or that. People stay sane by blocking off, by limiting themselves.

Stay true to yourself. An original is worth more than a copy.

Be yourself because an original is always worth more than a copy.

Be yourself because an original is worth more than just a copy.

Becoming a part of a movement doesn't help anybody think clearly.

The rights of the individual are more important than the wishes of the masses.

The foundation of individual rights is the assumption that people have wants and needs and are authorities on what those wants and needs are. If people's stated desires were just some kind of erasable inscription or reprogrammable brainwashing, any atrocity could be justified.

Liberty means refusing to allow some men to use the state to compel other men to serve their interests or opinion.

Compassion without discipline is egregious self-sabotage.

Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.