What is too often forgotten is that nature obviously intends the botched to die, and that every interference with that benign process is full of dangers.

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war on liberty, and that the democratic government is at least as bad as any of the other forms.

No man is worthy of unlimited reliance-his treason, at best, only waits for sufficient temptation.

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man.

Lying is not only excusable; it is not only innocent; it is, above all, necessary and unavoidable. Without the ameliorations that it offers, life would become a mere syllogism and hence too metallic to be borne.

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.

A man is called a good fellow for doing things which, if done by a woman, would land her in a lunatic asylum.