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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Ants and savages put strangers to death.

Ants and savages put strangers to death.

If two hitherto rival football teams, under the influence of brotherly love, decided to co-operate...

If two hitherto rival football teams, under the influence of brotherly love, decided to co-operate...

A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish...

A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish...

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to...

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to...

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely...

Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely...

Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it...

Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it...

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away...

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away...

Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was...

Before World War I one of the objections commonly urged against votes for women was...

Measures of sterilization should, in my opinion, be very definitely confined to persons who are...

Measures of sterilization should, in my opinion, be very definitely confined to persons who are...

Drunkenness is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation...

Drunkenness is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation...

Belief in God and a future life makes it possible to go through life with...

Belief in God and a future life makes it possible to go through life with...

Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which...

Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which...

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

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...

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are...

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are...

Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found...

Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found...

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if...

The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if...

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...