But restraint is the only one sort of control, and absence of restraint isn't freedom. It's not control that's lacking when one feels 'free', but the objectionable control of force.

We admire people to the extent that we cannot explain what they do, and the word 'admire' then means 'marvel at.'

The world's a poor standard. any society which is free of hunger and violence looks bright against that background.

The strengthening of behavior which results from reinforcement is appropriately called 'conditioning'. In operant conditioning we 'strengthen' an operant in the sense of making a response more probable or, in actual fact, more frequent.

It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It's a question of what's to be done from now on.

Your liberals and radicals all want to govern. They want to try it their way- to show that people will be happier if the power is wielded in a different way or for different purposes. But how do they know? Have they ever tried it? No, it's merely their guess.

We do not choose survival as a value, it chooses us.