A brute kills for pleasure. A fool kills from hate.

Since when was an emotional argument won by logic?

The lessons of history teach us - if the lessons of history teach us anything - that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us.

English is capable of defining sentiments that the human nervous system is quite incapable of experiencing.

If I had a Boy Scout I could make a fire by rubbing his hind legs together.

Revolution is an art that I pursue rather than a goal I expect to achieve. Nor is this a source of dismay; a lost cause can be as spiritually satisfying as a victory.

Democracy is a poor system of government at best; the only thing that can honestly be said in its favor is that it is eight times as good as any other method the human race has ever tried.