The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance.

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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...

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always...

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always...

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense...

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense...

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. Never worry about your heart till...

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. Never worry about your heart till...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a...

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a...

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than a whole one

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than a whole one

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service.

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service.

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room...

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room...

In order to be successful against each of these threats, we have to have a...

In order to be successful against each of these threats, we have to have a...