Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

The past is not dead. Indeed, it is often not even past.

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.

A cat has a reputation to protect. If it had a halo, it would be worn cocked to one side.

Peace is an unstable equilibrium, which can be preserved only by acknowledged supremacy or equal power.

The great snare of thought is uncritical acceptance of irrational assumptions.

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