In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.

When all think alike, then no one is thinking

But what is propaganda, if not the effort to alter the picture to which men respond, to substitute one social pattern for another?

At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply.

We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated.

Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.

When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.