You do not truly own anything that you can't carry in both arms at a dead run

In terms of morals there is no such thing as ‘state.’ Just men. Individuals. Each responsible for his own acts.

There is an old, old story about a theologian who was asked to reconcile the Doctrine of Divine Mercy with the doctrine of infant damnation. 'The Almighty,' he explained, 'finds it necessary to do things in His official and public capacity which in His private and personal capacity He deplores.

A prude is a person who thinks that his own rules of propriety are natural laws.

The best things in history are accomplished by people who get tired of being shoved around.

I believe in my neighbors. I know their faults and I know that their virtues far outweigh their faults.

There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized. Or even cured.