It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.

The happy life is to an extraordinary extent the same as the good life.

The purpose of education is to teach a defense against eloquence.

In our complex world, there cannot be fruitful initiative without government, but unfortunately there can be government without initiative.

Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.

A good man will never suspect his friends of shady actions: this is part of his goodness. A good man will never be suspected by the public of using his goodness to screen villains: this is part of his utility

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short.