The freest form of government is only the least objectionable form. The rule of the many by the few we call tyranny: the rule of the few by the many is tyranny also; only of a less intense kind.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

All Socialism involves slavery.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

This survival of the fittest implies multiplication of the fittest.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

The miracle is that the brilliance of the miraculous can live in the blandness of the mundane. The greater miracle is that we have enough brilliance in our own blandness to see it.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

A love of nature keeps no factories busy.

Voice comes to you through a spell, a trance. The best voices are not you... they're a little away from you.

Sammy Lee is another inbred player

I'm an old newspaper-man myself, but I quit because I found there was no money in old newspapers.

Children are so egocentric - they want to watch their lives, and not yours.

I feel bad for these preachers man, they're on their jets doing all of that stuff because there's a lot of people living hell on earth.

I need at least two months to try and figure out where the centre of the bat is.

If the risk is high, the reward is high... Why not roll the dice?