Liberty is the right to discipline ourselves in order not to be disciplined by others

Not to be a socialist at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head.

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves he isn't a man of action.

Generals cannot be trusted with anything, not even with war.

On September 17, 1914, Erzberger, the well-known German statesman, an eminent member of the Catholic Party, wrote to the Minister of War, General von Falkenhayn, "We must not worry about committing an offence against the rights of nations nor about violating the laws of humanity. Such feelings today are of secondary importance"? A month later, on October 21, 1914, he wrote in Der Tag, "If a way was found of entirely wiping out the whole of London it would be more humane to employ it than to allow the blood of A SINGLE GERMAN SOLDIER to be shed on the battlefield!"

Liberty is the right to discipline ourselves in order not to be disciplined by others

America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.