Publicity, discussion, and agitation are necessary to accomplish any work of lasting benefit.

Men must be aggressive for what is right if government is to be saved from men who are aggressive for what is wrong.

Let no man think we can deny civil liberty to others and retain it for ourselves.

The will of the people shall be the law of the land

Wealth has never yet sacrificed itself on the altar of patriotism.

Every nation has its war party. It is not the party of democracy. It is the party of autocracy. It seeks to dominate absolutely.

Democracy is a life, and involves continual struggle.

If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another.

Before the war is ended, the war party assumes the divine right to denounce and silence all opposition to war as unpatriotic and cowardly.

...disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business....

Sometimes the best answers to prayer are the ones God doesn't answer.

Traveling can get kind of lonely sometimes, er… no, not traveling. What is the word? Life. Life can get kind of lonely.

What if I don’t like adventure?Then cultivate a taste for it. Take a chance. That’s how you grow.

Inez and I had been in the same book club for a while. She once told me that literary theory was reading without imagination, and I’ve loved her ever since.

With a beaming face celebrate the joyful day and rest not therein. For no one can take away his goods with him. Yea, no one returns again, who has gone hence.

People don't listen, they just wait for their turn to talk.

I threw out all the bath water, and there was no baby there.

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

I realized the structure in a collection is how they're put together. Structuring the collection became the art of it for me. Because the stories had all been written.