If we assume that man actually does resemble God, then we are forced into the impossible theory that God is a coward, an idiot and a bounder.

Philosophy first constructs a scheme of happiness and then tries to fit the world to it.

There is no record in the history of a nation that ever gained anything valuable by being unable to defend itself.

One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent.

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together.

The State doesn't just want you to obey, it wants to make you WANT to obey.

All the great villainies of history, from the murder of Abel onward, have been perpetrated by sober men, chiefly by Teetotalers.