The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

Englishmen never will be slaves; they are free to do whatever the government and public opinion allow them.

I become more convinced that beings from other planets are using the Earth as a lunatic asylum

Keep away from books and from men who get their ideas from books, and your own books will always be fresh.

You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well hammered yourself.

That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms.

It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.