The trouble with Communism is the Communists, just as the trouble with Christianity is the Christians.

The true aim of medicine is not to make men virtuous; it is to safeguard and rescue them from the consequences of their vices. The physician does not preach repentance; he offers absolution.

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.

People say we need religion when what they really mean is we need police.

the average man does not want to be free. he simply wants to be safe.

One smart reader is worth a thousand boneheads.

War is the only sport which is genuinely amusing. And it is the only sport which has any intelligible use.