When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.

We should find ourselves committed to killing a great many people whom we now leave living, and to leave living a great many people whom we at present kill. We should have to get rid of all ideas about capital punishment.

The only power a god can teach is the power of doing without happiness.

The only person who acts sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. Everyone else goes by their old measurements.

The moment we face it frankly we are driven to the conclusion that the community has a right to put a price on the right to live in it

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

Our first duty, to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor.