There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.

Never put a man in the wrong. He will hold it against you forever.

The crossroads of trade are the meeting place of ideas, the attrition ground of rival customs and beliefs; diversities beget conflict, comparison, thought; superstitions cancel one another, and reason begins.

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.

History repeats itself in the large because human nature changes with geological leisureliness.

Man is an emotional animal, occasionally rational; and through his feelings he can be deceived to his heart's content.