And my haunting instinct that somehow good was not merely a tool to be used, but a relic to be guarded, like the goods from Crusoe's ship--even that had been the wild whisper of something originally wise, for, according to Christianity, we were indeed the survivors of a wreck, the crew of a golden ship that had gone down before the beginning of the world.

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.

Big Business and State Socialism are very much alike, especially Big Business.

There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.

All government is an ugly necessity.

The eagle has no liberty; he only has loneliness.