To speak seriously: the standards of "goodness" which are generally recognized by public opinion are not those which are calculated to make the world a happier place. This is due to a variety of causes, of which the chief is tradition, and the next most powerful is the unjust power of dominant classes.

America remained a land of promise for lovers of freedom. Even Byron, at a moment when he was disgusted with Napoleon for not committing suicide, wrote an eloquent stanza in praise of Washington.

Ants and savages put strangers to death.

Frege has the merit of ... finding a third assertion by recognising the world of logic which is neither mental nor physical.

The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.

The thing that I should wish to obtain from money would be leisure with security.

Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is called a concept.