As people get their opinions so largely from the newspapers they read, the corruption of the schools would not matter so much if the Press were free. But the Press is not free. As it costs at least a quarter of a million of money to establish a daily newspaper in London, the newspapers are owned by rich men. And they depend on the advertisements of other rich men. Editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones.

The degree of tolerance attainable at any moment depends on the strain under which society is maintaining its cohesion.

Two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to have a baby. One of them is superfluous.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

Vegetarians claim to be immune from most diseases but they have been known to die from time to time.

The only way in which a nation can make itself wealthy and prosperous is by good housekeeping: that is, by providing for its wants in the order of their importance, and allowing no money to be wasted on whims and luxuries until necessities have been thoroughly served.

If at age 20 you are not a Communist then you have no heart. If at age 30 you are not a Capitalist then you have no brains.