Like Prince Von Bismarck In Diplomacy, I

The Competition Of Social Power With State Power Is Always Disadvantaged, Since The State Can Arrange The Terms Of Competition To Suit Itself, Even To The Point Of Outlawing Any Exercise Of Social Power Whatever In The Premises; In Other Words, Giving Itself A Monopoly.

Money Does Not Pay For Anything, Never Has, Never Will. It Is An Economic Axiom As Old As The Hills That Goods And Services Can Be Paid For Only With Goods And Services.

Learning Has Always Been Made Much Of, But Forgetting Has Always Been Deprecated; Therefore Pedantry Has Pretty Well Established Itself Throughout The Modern World At The Expense Of Culture.

The Practical Reason For Freedom Is That Freedom Seems To Be The Only Condition Under Which Any Kind Of Substantial Moral Fiber Can Be Developed - We Have Tried Law, Compulsion And Authoritarianism Of Various Kinds, And The Result Is Nothing To Be Proud Of.

I Am Said To Be Difficult Of Acquaintance, Unwilling To Meet Any One Half Way, And Showing A Social Manner Which Is Easy, Not Diffident, But Formal And Unresponsive, Tending Constantly To Hold People Off.