He Who Desires To Worship God Must

There Is Only One Power And One Dictatorship Whose Organisation Is Salutary And Feasible: It Is That Collective, Invisible Dictatorship Of Those Who Are Allied In The Name Of Our Principle.

This Contradiction Lies Here: They Wish God, And They Wish Humanity. They Persist In Connecting Two Terms Which, Once Separated, Can Come Together Again Only To Destroy Each Other.

Does It Follow That I Reject All Authority? Perish The Thought. In The Matter Of Boots, I Defer To The Authority Of The Boot-maker.

But Here Steps In Satan, The Eternal Rebel, The First Freethinker And The Emancipator Of Worlds. He Makes Man Ashamed Of His Bestial Ignorance And Obedience; He Emancipates Him, Stamps Upon His Brow The Seal Of Liberty And Humanity, In Urging Him To Disobey And Eat Of The Fruit Of Knowledge.

But I Recognize No Infallible Authority, Even In Special Questions; Consequently, Whatever Respect I May Have For The Honesty And The Sincerity Of Such Or Such An Individual, I Have No Absolute Faith In Any Person.