Society and the World

If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful.

In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes.

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.

Economics is the painful elaboration of the obvious.

Economics is the painful elaboration of the obvious.

It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.

It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Only a fool thinks price and value are the same.

Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.

There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American dream.

 

The cause of freedom, of the defense of man’s conscience, is indivisible. By defending it in one country, we defend it everywhere in the world.

The cause of freedom, of the defense of man’s conscience, is indivisible. By defending it in one country, we defend it everywhere in the world.

We haven’t got too much time left to ensure that government of the earth, by the earth, for the earth, shall not perish from the people.

We haven’t got too much time left to ensure that government of the earth, by the earth, for the earth, shall not perish from the people.

There’s no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn’t tell you about it?

“Tell me what you read and I’ll tell you who you are” is true enough, but I’d know you better if you told me what you reread.

It is easy enough to hold an opinion, but hard work to actually know what one is talking about.

 

The safest road to hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

 

Come good times or bad, there is always a market for things nobody needs.

Life is short and we never have enough time for gladdening the hearts of those who travel the way with us. Oh, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind.

We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.

 

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.