It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.

Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.

To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint.

The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop.

We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when we have something to say, but all the words in all the dictionaries will not suffice when we have nothing to say and want desperately to say it.

The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.

Unless a man has the talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden.