We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them.

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We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance.

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance.

Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected...

Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected...

Measures of self-government and a school council, especially for such young children, were a great...

Measures of self-government and a school council, especially for such young children, were a great...

Marriage, laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence.

Marriage, laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence.

If an adult uses violence on a child, the child will naturally assume that he...

If an adult uses violence on a child, the child will naturally assume that he...

Hence we did not foster competition in our school, on the contrary.

Hence we did not foster competition in our school, on the contrary.

Marie Stopes had established the first birth control clinic in Britain; the whole question of...

Marie Stopes had established the first birth control clinic in Britain; the whole question of...

You could not receive a young man in your room; you might be permitted to...

You could not receive a young man in your room; you might be permitted to...

The report of this made me exceedingly angry, for I could not see why information...

The report of this made me exceedingly angry, for I could not see why information...

Following the rise of the Labour Party it seemed reasonable, in 1927, to expect, or...

Following the rise of the Labour Party it seemed reasonable, in 1927, to expect, or...

We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means;...

We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means;...

You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the...

You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the...

We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.

We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.

The purpose of government is to reign in the rights of the people.

The purpose of government is to reign in the rights of the people.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the...

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the...

In a healthy nation there is a kind of dramatic balance between the will of...

In a healthy nation there is a kind of dramatic balance between the will of...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.

The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.

The First Amendment was added to the Constitution to stand as a guarantee that neither...

The First Amendment was added to the Constitution to stand as a guarantee that neither...