Cast me into a dungeon, burn me at the stake, crown me king of kings, I can 'pursue happiness' as long as my brain lives - but neither gods nor saints, wise men nor subtle drugs, can ensure that I will catch it.

The power to tax, once conceded, has no limits; it continues until it destroys.

The whole principle (censorship) is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak.

If a country can't save itself through the volunteer service of its own free people, then I say : Let the damned thing go down the drain!

It is a bad sign when the people of a country stop identifying themselves with the country and start identifying with a group. A racial group. Or a religion. Or a language. Anything, as long as it isn't the whole population.

A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.

ANYTHING will burn with enough gasoline and dynamite.