Society and the World

A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.

It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.

The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.

The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.

There is no education like adversity.

Property, said Proudhon, is theft. This is the only perfect truism that has been uttered on the subject.

Property, said Proudhon, is theft. This is the only perfect truism that has been uttered on the subject.

The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone: the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse

When a man tells you he got rich by hard work, ask him whose.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.

Only the educated are free

Only the educated are free

Well begun is half done.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.