Lord, bid war's trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace.

Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods.

Anytime you see a Hungarian, kick him. He'll know why. Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

Taxes are what we pay for civilized society

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked, although one preserves one's own moral aesthetic preferences.

We expect more of ourselves than we have any right to.

Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.