“ I die, as I have lived, a free spirit, an Anarchist, owing no allegiance to rulers, heavenly or earthly. Voltairine de Cleyre
“ I think the difficulty lies in the immeasurable vanity of the human adult, particularly the pedagogical adult,… which does not permit him to recognize as good any tendency in children to fly in the fa… Voltairine de Cleyre
“ We dabble in many things; but the one great real idea of our age, not copied from any other, not pretended, not raised to life by any conjuration, is the Much Making of Things – not the making of beau… Voltairine de Cleyre
“ Says the Cardinal: "Freethought leads to Atheism, to the destruction of social and civil order, and to the overthrow of government." I accept the gentleman's statement; I credit him with much intellec… Voltairine de Cleyre
“ If this is the price to be paid for an idea, then let us pay. There is no need of being troubled about it, afraid, or ashamed. This is the time to boldly say, “Yes, I believe in the displacement of th… Voltairine de Cleyre
“ It is the city that is wrong, and its creations can never be right; they may be improved; they can never be what they should.... Until the whole atrocious system of herding working people in close-bui… Voltairine de Cleyre
