In every woman's life there is one real and consuming love. But very few women guess which one it is.

The value the world sets upon motives is often grossly unjust and inaccurate.

The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party of bandits

What ass first let loose the doctrine that the suffrage is a high boon and voting a noble privilege?

The time must come inevitably when mankind shall surmount the imbecility of religion, as it has surmounted the imbecility of religion's ally, magic. It is impossible to imagine this world being really civilized so long as so much nonsense survives. In even its highest forms religion embraces concepts that run counter to all common sense. It can be defended only by making assumptions and adopting rules of logic that are never heard of in any other field of human thinking.

The only way that a government can provide for jobs for all citizens is by deciding what every man should do.

In any combat between a rogue and a fool the sympathy of mankind is always with the rogue.