Justice is a commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service.

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.

Dictionary: a malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic

War: A by-product of the arts of peace.

In this world one must have a name; it prevents confusion, even when it does not establish identity. Some, though, are known by numbers, which also seem inadequate distinctions.

HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss Israel with his best wishes, cat-quick.

ELECTOR, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's choice.