Not uncommonly one hears some romantic young woman say, 'Oh, I would give anything to be a writer.' But she would not; and 'anything' is not enough. One must give everything.

As freak legislation, the antitrust laws stand alone. Nobody knows what it is they forbid.

A tax-supported, compulsory educational system is the complete model of the totalitarian state.

The only way to prevent prostitution altogether would be to imprison one half of the human race.

People mostly do as they like, and that would be fine if they'd let other people do the same.

Freedom is dangerous. Possibly crawling on all fours might be safer than standing upright, but we like the view better up there.

The biggest pests are the people who use altruism as an alibi. What they passionately wish is to make themselves important.

The humanitarian in theory is the terrorist in action.

No law can give power to private persons; every law transfers power from private persons to government.

Do you think nobody would willingly entrust his children to you or pay you for teaching them? Why do you have to extort your fees and collect your pupils by compulsion?

The military state is the final form to which every planned economy tends rapidly.

Sufre mas el que espera siempreque aquel que nunca espero a nadie?Does he who is always waiting suffer more than he who’s never waited for anyone?

...people who don't live at least a little bit in fear, have nothing left to live for.

My specialty is detached malevolence.

I darted a contemptuous look at the stately models of superstition.

What did you do?” “Well, you see, there was this pot of tea, simply sitting there…” He trailed off. “Useful thing, tea,” commented Lyall thoughtfully.

Men dominate because of physicality, and thus they have mercy where women do not.

If you long to be more like Christ, then act like Him, and walk as He walked.

Despising anything that was easy to achieve because if no sacrifice was involved, it obviously isn't worth having.

There is an unknown room in the soul that is constantly turning the stuff of daydreams into myths for us, helping us to get at meaning we can't get to through the front door.

Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.