You may cut off the heads of every rich man now living--of every statesman--every literary, and every scientific authority, without in the least changing the social situation. Artists, of course, disappeared long ago as social forces. So did the church. Corporations are not elevators, but levellers, as I see them.

Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye may not know, but whom Allah doth know

History is a tangled skein that one may take up at any point, and break when one has unravelled enough.

Every one must bear his own universe, and most persons are moderately interested in learning how their neighbors have managed to carry theirs.

The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.

The historian must not try to know what is truth, if he values his honesty; for if he cares for his truths, he is certain to falsify his facts.

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.