We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

Quote by H L Mencken

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Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.

Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.

Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the...

Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the...

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together....

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together....

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to...

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to...

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than...

The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than...

To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia -...

To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia -...

A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good...

A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never...

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never...

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.

Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a...

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a...

A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes...

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes...

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't...

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't...

The enemy of idealism is zealotry.

The enemy of idealism is zealotry.

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem...

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem...