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- A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it. Essence
- The whole drift of our law is toward the absolute prohibition of all ideas that diverge in the slightest form from the accepted platitudes, and… Absolute
- The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself. Cherish
- A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something… Akin
- I believe that any man who takes the liberty of another into his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and that any man who… Any
- We suffer most when the White House busts with ideas. Busts
- The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, by running flop-houses and disturbing… Army
- The ideal Government of all reflective men, from Aristotle onward, is one which lets the individual alone - one which barely escapes being no government… All
- The American people, North and South, went into the [Civil] war as citizens of their respective states, they came out as subjects ... what they… American
- The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it's good-by to the Bill of Rights. Bill
- By profession a biologist, [Thomas Henry Huxley] covered in fact the whole field of the exact sciences, and then bulged through its four fences. Absolutely… Absolutely
- Only to often on meeting scientific men, even those of genuine distiction, one finds that they are dull fellows and very stupid. They know one… All
- [The] erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken… Aim
- Hygiene is the corruption of medicine by morality. It is impossible to find a hygienist who does not debase his theory of the healthful with… Aim
- Evil: That which one believes of others. It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake Believe
- There is no record in history of a happy philosopher. Happy
- All great religions, in order to escape absurdity, have to admit a dilution of agnosticism. It is only the savage, whether of the African bush… Absurdity
- The most curious social convention of the great age in which we live is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected. Age
- A Puritan is someone who is desperately afraid that, somewhere, someone might be having a good time. Afraid
- Religion is "so absurd that it comes close to imbecility." Absurd
- Not by accident, you may be sure, do the Christian Scriptures make the father of knowledge a serpent - slimy, sneaking and abominable. Abominable
- There comes a time in every man's life when he's consumed by the desire to spit on his palms, hoist the black flag and start… Atheism
- Men always try to make virtues of their weaknesses. Fear of death and fear of life both become piety. Always Try
- It is difficult to imagine anyone having any real hopes for the human race in the face of the fact that the great majority of… Any
- What we need in this country is a general improvement in eating. We have the best raw materials in the world, both quantitatively and qualitatively,… Best
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