Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage...

Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage...

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable

If everybody minded their own business, said the Duchess in a hoarse growl, the world...

If everybody minded their own business, said the Duchess in a hoarse growl, the world...

Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

An index is a great leveller.

An index is a great leveller.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't...

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't...

I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to...

I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to...

I think I should have no other mortal wants if I could always have plenty...

I think I should have no other mortal wants if I could always have plenty...

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...

Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never...

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never...

Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite...

Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite...

The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort...

The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort...