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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very...

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very...

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of...

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of...

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

An index is a great leveller.

An index is a great leveller.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power,...

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power,...

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive,...

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive,...

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it,...

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it,...

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's...

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's...

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as...

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as...

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.

Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.