“If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.”

“What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance?”

“A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reform. It does not haggle over expenditures for armaments and military equipment. It pays without discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing for the syndicates of financiers and manufacturers for whom patriotic terrors are an abundant source of gain.”

“When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.”

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

“Determination. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream. Not only plan, but also believe.”

“All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.”