"I believe that the fundamental alternative for man is the choice between "life" and "death"; between creativity and destructive violence; between reality and illusions; between objectivity and intolerance; between brotherhood-independence and dominance-submission."
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"If life, liberty, and property could be enjoyed in as great perfection in solitude as in society, there would be no need of government."
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