Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as "bad luck.
A managed democracy is a wonderful thing... for the managers... and its greatest strength is a 'free press' when 'free' is defined as 'responsible' and the managers define what is 'irresponsible'.
May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.
You do not truly own anything that you can't carry in both arms at a dead run
I think perhaps of all the things a police state can do to its citizens, distorting history is possibly the most pernicious.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.
Patriotism is not 'my country right or wrong'; patriotism means loving the ideals for which America stands and having the courage to speak up when these ideals are distorted for personal or political gain. The American government was instituted to be the servant of the people, not our master.
Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.
The greatest fallacy of democracy is that everyone's opinion is worth the same.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.
Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.
There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.
All societies are based on rules to protect pregnant women and young children. All else is surplusage, excrescence, adornment, luxury, or folly which can - and must - be dumped in emergency to preserve this prime function. As racial survival is the only universal morality, no other basic is possible. Attempts to formulate a "perfect society" on any foundation other than "Women and children first!" is not only witless, it is automatically genocidal. Nevertheless, starry-eyed idealists (all of them male) have tried endlessly - and no doubt will keep trying.
Learn to say No—and to be rude about it when necessary. Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.
No matter where or what, there are makers, takers, and fakers.
The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance.
Butterflies are self propelled flowers.
The police of a state should never be stronger or better armed than the citizenry. An armed citizenry, willing to fight, is the foundation of civil freedom. That's a personal evaluation, of course.
Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.
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