The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task read more

The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity.

We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight read more

We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight and die for a word than for anything else. Words shape thought, stir feeling, and beget action; they kill and revive, corrupt and cure. The "men-of-words"- priests, prophets, intellectuals- have played a more decisive role in history than military leaders, statesmen, and businessmen.

Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.

Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.

Words have ruined more souls than any devil's agency.

Words have ruined more souls than any devil's agency.

...it is always from a minority acting in ways different from what the majority would prescribe that the majority in read more

...it is always from a minority acting in ways different from what the majority would prescribe that the majority in the end learns to do better.

The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, "culture." It's an read more

The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, "culture." It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing "art" to defend their collapsing culture.

The best way I know to win an argument is to start by being in the right.

The best way I know to win an argument is to start by being in the right.

The Greeks invented logic but were not fooled by it.

The Greeks invented logic but were not fooled by it.

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.