The Urge To Destroy Is A Creative

If God Existed, Only In One Way Could He Serve The Cause Of Human Liberty-by Ceasing To Exist.

Liberty Means That A Man Is Recognized As Free And Treated As Free By Those Who Surround Him.

Nationality Is Not A Universal Human Principle But An Historical, Local Fact...every Nation, Even A Small One, Has Its Own Character, Its Own Particular Way Of Life And Manner Of Speaking, Feeling, Thinking, And Behaving. These Distinctive Features Are The Essence Of Nationality, The Product Of A Nation's Entire History And Conditions Of Existence. Every Nation, Like Every Individual, Is Of Necessity What It Is, And Has An Unquestionable Right To Be Itself. So-called National Rights Consist Precisely Of This.

Bourgeois Patriotism, As I View It, Is Only A Very Shabby, Very Narrow, Very Mercenary, And Deeply Antihuman Passion, Having For Its Object The Preservation And Maintenance Of The Power Of The National State-that Is, The Mainstay Of All The Priveleges Of The Exploiters Throughout The Nation.

Does Man's Freedom Consist In Revolting Against All Laws? We Say No, In So Far As Laws Are Natural, Economic, And Social Laws, Not Authoritatively Imposed But Inherent In Things, In Relations, In Situations, The Natural Development Of Which Is Expressed By Those Laws. We Say Yes If They Are Political And Juridical Laws, Imposed Upon Men By Men.