The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may want his neighbor to be governed, but he himself doesn't want to be governed. He is mortally afraid of government officials and policemen.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then...

New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then...

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge...

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge...

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to...

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to...

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

The sincerest love is the love of food.

The sincerest love is the love of food.

When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its...

When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its...

We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody...

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody...

Democracy: An institution in which the whole is equal to the scum of the parts.

Democracy: An institution in which the whole is equal to the scum of the parts.

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more...

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more...