I have made it so perfectly clear in my tracts, articles, and books what was to be done that all Parliament has had to do was read my works and do the opposite.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

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,...

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

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

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other...

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other...

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then...

New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then...

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

Must then Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no...

Must then Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no...

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window...

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window...

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his...

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his...

The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries

The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries

Nobel prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the...

Nobel prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the...

Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never...

Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never...

You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and...

You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and...

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of...

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of...

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that...

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that...