Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

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The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes...

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes...

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street...

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will...

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will...

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise...

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise...

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.

A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.

I don't think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we...

I don't think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we...