Like Prince Von Bismarck In Diplomacy, I

The Business Of A Scientific School Is The Dissemination Of Useful Knowledge, And This Is A Noble Enterprise And Indispensable Withal; Society Can Not Exist Unless It Goes On.

It Is Unfortunately None Too Well Understood That, Just As The State Has No Money Of Its Own, So It Has No Power Of Its Own.

The Civilization Of A Country Consists In The Quality Of Life That Is Lived There, And This Quality Shows Plainest In The Things That People Choose To Talk About When They Talk Together, And In The Way They Choose To Talk About Them.

If You Do Not Want The State To Act Like A Criminal, You Must Disarm It As You Would A Criminal; You Must Keep It Weak. The State Will Always Be Criminal In Proportion To Its Strength; A Weak State Will Always Be As Criminal As It Can Be, Or Dare Be, But If It Is Kept Down To The Proper Limit Of Weakness - Which, By The Way, Is A Vast Deal Lower Limit Than People Are Led To Believe - Its Criminality May Be Safely Got On With.

The Worst Of This Ever Growing Cancer Of Statism [ie Big 'paternal' Government - Socialism, Communism And Fascism] Is Its Moral Effect. The Country Is Rich Enough To Stand Its Frightful Economic Wastage For A Long Time Yet, And Still Prosper, But It Is Already So Poverty-stricken In Its Moral Resources That The Present Drain Will Quickly Run Them Out.