The State is not force alone. It depends upon the credulity of man quite as much as upon his docility. Its aim is not merely to make him obey, but also to make him want to obey.

The two main ideas that run through all of my writing, whether it be literary criticism or political polemic are these: I am strong in favor of liberty and I hate fraud.

God must love the rich or he wouldn't divide so much among so few of them.

There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character.

I roll out of my couch every morning with the more agreeable expectations.

Why assume so glibly that the God who presumably created the universe is still running it? It is certainly conceivable that He may have finished it and then turned it over to lesser gods to operate.

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