All historians, even the most scientific, have bias, if in no other sense than the determination not to have any.

No one can deny that much of our modern advertising is essentially dishonest; and it can be maintained that to lie freely and all the time for private profit is not to abuse the right of free speech, whether it is a violation of the law or not. But again the practical question is, how much lying for private profit is to be permitted by law?

All historical writing, even the most honest, is unconsciously subjective, since every age is bound, in spite of itself, to make the dead perform whatever tricks it finds necessary for its own peace of mind.

Reason is incompetent to answer any fundamental question about God, or morality, or the meaning of life.

History is the memory of things said and done.

No class of Americans, so far as I know, has ever objected . . . to any amount of governmental meddling if it appeared to benefit that particular class.

To ask whether the natural rights philosophy of the Declaration of Independence is true or false, is essentially a meaningless question.