It is known that the best nations have always been those which concede the greatest amount of liberty to women.

Despots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him.

The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress.

One could judge the degree of civilization of a country by the social and political position of its women

Any civilized administration, however organized, prefers its own good to that of the people.

Civilization is a social plague on the planet, and vices are just as necessary to it as is a virus to disease.

Certainly in each social period, youth must be made to venerate the dominant absurdities.

We must, then, apply the principle of Doubt to Civilization; we must doubt its necessity, its excellence, and its permanence.

Who is wiser: the man who plants flowers along life's way or the man who makes it bristle with thorns?

Hosts of merchants encumber the cities, and the streets are cluttered with solicitors who swarm without limit or purpose.

...commerce, which is mistakenly classified among the productive forms of work, ought to be ranked first among the parasitical professions like those of monk, soldier, lawyer etc.

Never was a blind person blinded by the light that overwhelms his skin but blinded by the darkness within

For a while, my self-control and my power of reason quailed to uselessness.

Even in the middle of a noisy mass of students, one girl’s laugh grabbed my attention.

To expose our minds constantly to ungodly thinking is a great danger.

I love the word warm. It is almost unbearable-- so moist and breathlike.

If you can't see very far aheadgo ahead as far as you can see.

Unexplained, obscure matters are regarded as more important than explained, clear ones.

The unconscious is structured like a language.

We're so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then we'll appreciate the life we have more.

Barbara Comstock is a solid and reliable conservative. I've known her for many years. She'd make a great member of Congress. I am happy to join other conservatives and proudly endorse her candidacy.