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

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

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.

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

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.

Let weakness learn meekness.

I can't believe he didn't have the dignity and presence of mind just to get drunk and pass out in some gutter," said Jace. "I must say, I'm disappointed in the little fellow.

Martin Luther King wanted to be morally consistent and speak out against various things that were wrong, not just racism.

Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.

I love revisions...We can't go back and revise our lives, but being allowed to go back and revise what we have written comes closest.

Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable.

Religion believes in miracles, but these aren't compatible with science.

Well… don’t be offended, but you smell like a dog.

I've been so fortunate because I never really had ups and downs as far as my career. Ninety-nine percent of the time, I've been sold out all over the world.

Vote for me. I'll use my office to take another American's money and give it to you.