Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is...

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is...

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

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.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were...

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is...

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is...

No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official....

No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official....

Schools must not become the agencies through which propaganda advocated by any section of society...

Schools must not become the agencies through which propaganda advocated by any section of society...

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...

If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to...

If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to...

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry

The art of government is the organization of idolatry

No government really rooted in limited, parliamentary democracy should have the power to make its...

No government really rooted in limited, parliamentary democracy should have the power to make its...

We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom...

We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom...