“The state remains, as it was in the beginning, the common enemy of all well-disposed, industrious and decent men.” MenWellsStatesPoliticsCommonEnemyRemainsDecentIndustriousDecent ManCommon Enemy Author:H. L. Mencken
“It should be the privilege of every worker to take advantage of all the improved methods of working that relieve him from the tedium and fatigue of purely mechanical toil, for by this means he gains leisure for the thought necessary to working out his designs, and for the finer touches that the hand alone can give. So long as he remains master of his machinery it will serve him well, and his power of artistic expression will be freed rather than stifled by turning over to it work it is meant to do.” GivingShouldWellsMeanLongHandsPoliticsEconomyDesignExpressionMastersGainsAdvantageMethodRemainsWorkersPrivilegeWork OutArtisticLiberalismWorking ItLeisureToilMachineryFatigueArtistic ExpressionTedium Author:Gustav Stickley
“Religion means goal and way, politics implies end and means. The political end is recognizable by the fact that it may be attained--in success--and its attainment is historically recorded. The religious goal remains, even in man's highest experiences, that which simply provides direction on the mortal way; it never enters into historical consummation.” MenWayMayMeanEndsFactsPoliticalReligionPoliticsGoalReligiousHighestRemainsHistoricalMortalsAttainmentEnds And Means Book:Pointing the way: collected essays. Edited and translated with an introd. by Maurice S. Friedman Source: Pointing the way: collected essays. Edited and translated with an introd. by Maurice S. Friedman
“Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.” PoliticalPoliticsFreedomRevolutionCapitalismRemainsSlaveAncientCommunismGreekOwnersRepublicCommunistTyrantsIndividualismCapitalistAncient GreekSlave Owners Author:Vladimir Lenin