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Away with the State! I will take part in that revolution. Undermine the whole conception of a State, declare free choice and spiritual kinship to be the only all-important conditions of any union, and you will have the commencement of a liberty that is worth something.

— Henrik Ibsen

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The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom — these are the pillars of society.

The Pillars of Society (1877)

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

An Enemy of the People (1882)

Whether I pound or am being pounded,
all the same there will be moaning!

Peer Gynt (1867)

A thousand words can't
make the mark a single deed will leave.

Brand (1866)

The State has its root in time, and will ripe and rot in time.

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