In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all…

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The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy...

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy...

I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can...

I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can...

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have...

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have...

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out,...

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out,...

What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with...

What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with...

Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more...

Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more...

The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible

The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible

I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite...

I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite...

Some kind of philosophy is a necessity to all but the most thoughtless, and in...

Some kind of philosophy is a necessity to all but the most thoughtless, and in...

This idea of weapons of mass exterminations utterly horrible and is something which no one...

This idea of weapons of mass exterminations utterly horrible and is something which no one...

No man treats a motor car as foolishly as he treats another human being. When...

No man treats a motor car as foolishly as he treats another human being. When...

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the...

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the...

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature.

The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature.

There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the...

There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the...

A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering...

A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering...

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.

For over two thousand years it has been the custom among earnest moralists to decry...

For over two thousand years it has been the custom among earnest moralists to decry...

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

The word happiness would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

The word happiness would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.

Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.