Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something.

Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.

To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of the ability to unlearn old falsehoods.

Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will work. But such governments are rare — most people want to run things, but want no part of the blame. This used to be called the “backseat driver” syndrome.

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.

No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law.

What a wonderful world it is that has girls in it!