The genuine music lover may accept the carnal husk of opera to get at the kernel of actual music within, but that is no sign that he approves the carnal husk or enjoys gnawing through it.

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

The first kiss is stolen by the man; the last is begged by the woman.

The argument that capital punishment degrades the state is moonshine, for if that were true then it would degrade the state to send men to war... The state, in truth, is degraded in its very nature: a few butcheries cannot do it any further damage.

There are some politicians who, if their constituents were cannibals, would promise them missionaries in every pot.

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

I believe in only one thing and that thing is human liberty.