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Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institution of private property.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
The work of art is to dominate the spectator: the spectator is not to dominate the work of art.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
When private property is abolished there will be no necessity for crime, no demand for it; it will cease to exist.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
High hopes were once formed of democracy; but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
'Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
All authority is quite degrading. It degrades those who exercise it, and degrades those over whom it is exercised.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
And it is only fair to state, with regard to modern journalists, that they always apologise to one in private for what they have written against one in public.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
In old days men had the rack. Now they have the press.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)