Society and the World

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

Like all young men, you greatly exaggerate the difference between one young woman and another.

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

I am a Millionaire. That is my religion.

The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty.

You have to choose (as a voter) between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the Government. And, with due respect for these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the Capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.

You have to choose (as a voter) between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the Government. And, with due respect for these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the Capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.

All professions are conspiracies against the laity.

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

Martyrdom … the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.

The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.

He [the Briton] is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.

He [the Briton] is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

Oh, you are a very poor soldier—a chocolate cream soldier!

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself

Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself

When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept;