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" To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young woman for a goddess. "

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" The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. "

" To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true! "

" There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong. "

" The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated. "

" I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense. "

" Honor is simply the morality of superior men. "

" The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. "

" For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. "

" The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal. "

" Most people want security in this world, not liberty. "

" The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral. "

" It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. "

" I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them. "

" Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop. "

" A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman. "

" I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time. "

" For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing. "

" A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in. "

" Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution? "

" Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. "

" War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands. "

" A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar. "

" A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married. "

" Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true. "

" Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on. "

" The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt. "

" Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. "

" Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. "

" It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause. "