Lenin
- The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism
People always have been the foolish victims of deception and self-deception in politics, and they always will be until they have learnt to seek out the interests of some class or other behind all moral, religious, political and social phrases, declarations and promises.
Karl Marx
- Capital Volume I
There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits.
Thomas Ligotti
- The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
If truth is what you seek, then the examined life will only take you on a long ride to the limits of solitude and leave you by the side of the road with your truth and nothing else.
Pyotr Kropotkin
- The Conquest of Bread
It is not difficult, indeed, to see the absurdity of naming a few men and saying to them, "Make laws regulating all our spheres of activity, although not one of you knows anything about them!"
Errico Malatesta
- His Life and Ideas
By definition an anarchist is he who does not wish to be oppressed nor wishes to be an oppressor; who wants the greatest well-being, freedom and development for all human beings. His ideas and wishes have their origin in a feeling of sympathy, love and respect for humanity: a feeling which must be sufficiently strong to induce him to want the well being of others as much as his own, and to renounce those personal advantages, the achievement of which, would involve the sacrifice of others.
Eugene V. Debs
- Real Service
To stir the masses, to appeal to their higher, better selves, to set them thinking for themselves, and to hold ever before them the ideal of mutual kindness and good will, based upon mutual interests, is to render real service to the cause of humanity.
Michael Parenti
- Democracy for the Few
The desire to "make it," even at the expense of others, is not merely a wrong-headed attitude but a reflection of the material conditions of capitalist society, wherein no one is ever really economically secure except the super rich.
Michael Parenti
- Corporate-Centric National Security
The president operates effectively as head of the national security state as long as he stays within the parameters of its primary dedication-which is to advance the interests of corporate investors and protect the overall global capital accumulation process.
Michael Parenti
- Against Empire
The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks, with luxury items for the few and toxic slag heaps for the many. The glittering mansion overlooks a vast sprawl of shanty towns, wherein a desperate, demoralized humanity is kept in line with drugs, television, and armed force.
Ricky Gervais
- Why I’m an Atheist
Why don't you believe in God? I get that question all the time. I always try to give a sensitive, reasoned answer. This is usually awkward, time consuming and pointless. People who believe in God don't need proof of his existence, and they certainly don't want evidence to the contrary. They are happy with their belief. They even say things like "it's true to me" and "it's faith." I still give my logical answer because I feel that not being honest would be patronizing and impolite.
