Society and the World

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

In the arts of peace Man is a bungler.

In the arts of peace Man is a bungler.

Englishmen never will be slaves: they are free to do whatever the Government and public opinion allow them to do.

Englishmen never will be slaves: they are free to do whatever the Government and public opinion allow them to do.

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

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.

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

All professions are conspiracies against the laity.

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.

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

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

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