I loathe the mess of mean superstitions and misunderstood prophecies which is still rammed down the throats of children under the name of Christianity.

Of all the anti-social vested interests the worst is the vested interest in ill-health.

Even under the most perfect Social Democracy we should, without Communism, still be living like hogs, except that each hog would get his fair share of grub.... Whilst we are hogs, let us at least be well-fed, healthy, reciprocally useful hogs, instead of--well, instead of the sort we are at present.

Poverty does not produce unhappiness: It produces degradation.

No doubt it is easy to demostrate that property will destroy society unless society destroys it.

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization. Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity and beauty . . . . Not the least of its virtues is that it destroys basic people as certainly as it fortifies and dignifies noble people.

In the right key one can say anything. In the wrong key, nothing: the only delicate part is the establishment of the key.