Under what circumstances is it moral for a group to do that which is not moral for a member of that group to do alone?

It's a long story. Want a refill?" "No, let's start the steak. Where's the button?" "Right here." "Well, push it." "Me? You offered to cook." "Ben Caxton, I will lie here and starve before I will get up to push a button six inches from your finger" "As you wish." He pressed the button. "But don't forget who cooked dinner.

The greatest productive force is human selfishness.

People who are busy and happy don't write diaries; they are too busy living.

A motion to adjourn is always in order.

In past history popularly elected governments have been no better and sometimes far worse than overt tyrannies.

Whether the authorities be invaders or merely local tyrants, the effect of such [gun control] laws is to place the individual at the mercy of the state, unable to resist.