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The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

…he who keeps back the truth, or withholds it from men, from motives of expediency, is either a coward or a criminal or both.

It’s so easy to laugh. It’s so easy to hate. It takes guts to be gentle and kind.

Giving society cheap, abundant energy would be the equivalent of giving an idiot child a machine gun.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.

The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve, nor will he ever receive, either.

Always love in life anything less is not living.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.

A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.

All knowledge is ultimately self knowledge.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Let them march all they want, so long as they pay their taxes.

Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

A person hears only what they understand.

We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.