Nationalism must now be added to the refuse pile of superstitions. We are now citizens of the world, and the man who divides the race into elect Irishmen and reprobate foreign devils (especially Englishmen) had better live on the Blaskets where he can admire himself without disturbance.
George Bernard ShawProperty, said Proudhon, is theft. This is the only perfect truism that has been uttered on the subject.
George Bernard ShawI must ... warn my readers that my attacks are directed against themselves, not against my stage figures.
George Bernard ShawImprisonment, as it exists today, is a worse crime than any of those committed by its victims.
George Bernard ShawMoney is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity, and beauty as conspicuously as the want of it represents illness, weakness, disgrace, meanness, and ugliness.
George Bernard Shaw