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People is the name of the body, State of the spirit, of that ruling person that has hitherto suppressed me.

— Max Stirner The Ego and Its Own / The Unique and Its Property (1845)

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You long for freedom? You fools! If you took might, freedom would come of itself.

The Ego and Its Own / The Unique and Its Property (1845)

The men of the future will yet fight their way to many a liberty that we do not even miss.

The Ego and Its Own / The Unique and Its Property (1845)

"Freedom" awakens your rage against everything that is not you; "egoism" calls you to joy over yourselves, to self-enjoyment.

The Ego and Its Own / The Unique and Its Property (1845)

Man with the great M is only an ideal, the species only something thought of.

The Ego and Its Own / The Unique and Its Property (1845)

Liberty of the people is not my liberty!

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