Before the Roman came to Rye or out to severn strode, / The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road.

Unless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.

The wisest thing in the world is to cry out before you are hurt. It is no good to cry out after you are hurt; especially after you are mortally hurt. People talk about the impatience of the populace; but sound historians know that most tyrannies have been possible because men moved too late. it is often essential to resist a tyranny before it exists.

[A pacifist is] the last and least excusable on the list of the enemies of society.

The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.

I've been to every park in every city and not seen a statue to a committee.

The timidity of the child or the savage is entirely reasonable; they are alarmed at this world, because this world is a very alarming place. They dislike being alone because it is verily and indeed an awful idea to be alone. Barbarians fear the unknown for the same reason that Agnostics worship it - because it is a fact.