If all those around you believe some particular thing, you will soon be tempted to share in that belief.

The surest way to keep a secret is to make people believe they already know the answer.

When you think you know something: that is a most perfect barrier against learning.

I now believe that evolution, or deevolution, never ends short of death, that no society has ever achieved an absolute pinnacle, that all humans are not created equal. In fact, I believe attempts to create some abstract equalization create a morass of injustices that rebound on the equalizers. Equal justice and equal opportunity are ideals we should seek, but we should recognize that humans administer the ideals and that humans do not have equal ability.

I cry for those not yet dead.

Major flaw in government arise from a fear of making radical internal changes even though a need is clearly seen.

When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's to late.