People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold.

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I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which...

I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which...

If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it...

If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it...

There are lots of people who can't think seriously without injuring their brains

There are lots of people who can't think seriously without injuring their brains

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

All progress is experimental.

All progress is experimental.

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a...

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a...

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.

It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.

The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We...

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We...

Too much agreement kills the chat.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics...

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics...

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift...

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift...

If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if...

If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if...

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our...

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our...

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift...

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift...

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is...

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is...

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from,...

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from,...

He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.

He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.

The vision is really about empowering workers, giving them all the information about what's going...

The vision is really about empowering workers, giving them all the information about what's going...