“Lack of money is the root of all evil.”

“The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.”

“All classes in proportion to their lack of travel and familiarity with foreign literature are bellicose, prejudiced against foreigners, fond of fighting as a cruel sport -- in short, dog-like in their notions of foreign policy."[Quoted in Socialism and Foreign Policy and War and the Liberal Conscience]”

“The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine.”

“Shall I turn up the light for you?No, give me deeper darkness. Money is not made in the light.”

“A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.”

“You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother's milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes.”