What fetched me instantly (and thousands of other newcomers with me) was the subtle but unmistakable sense of escape from the United States.

I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind.

The more a man dreams, the less he believes.

The aim of New Deals is to exterminate the class of creditors and thrust all men into that of debtors. It is like trying to breedcattle with all cows and no bulls.

[Government's] great contribution to human wisdom...is the discovery that the taxpayer has more than one pocket.

The great secret of happiness in love is to be glad that the other fellow married her.

The natural tendency of every government is to grow steadily worse-that is, to grow more satisfactory to those who constitute it and less satisfactory to those who support it.