Quotes

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end.
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Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit atrocities.

To suppress free speech in the name of protecting women is dangerous and wrong.

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

If the human body's obscene, complain to the manufacturer, not me.