On two subjects the overwhelming majority of people regarded their own opinions as Absolute Truth, and sincerely believed that anyone who disagreed with them was immoral, outrageous, sinful, sacrilegious, offensive, intolerable, stupid, illogical, treasonable, actionable, against the public interest, ridiculous, and obscene. The two subjects were (of course) sex and religion.

Stinky says women should be obscene but not heard.

Once you get to earth orbit, you're halfway to anywhere in the solar system.

War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him but to make him do what you want him to do. Not killing... but controlled and purposeful violence.

In a society in which it is a moral offense to be different from your neighbor your only escape is to never let them find out.

Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily.

The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche.