A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud.
George Orwell, “The Prevention of Literature,” Polemic (January 1946).
Sure, politics ain’t bean-bag. ’Tis a man’s game, an’ women, childer, cripples an’ prohybitionists ’d do well to keep out iv it.
Finley Peter Dunne writing as “Mr. Dooley,” Chicago Evening Post, October 5, 1895.
Time was when people used to brag about how old they were — and I am old enough to remember it.
Thomas Sowell, “Random Thoughts,” from his Creators Syndicate column.
Nature never makes blunders; when she makes a fool she means it.
Affurisms. From Josh Billings: His Sayings (1865).
When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.
Thomas Sowell, “Random Thoughts,” from his Creators Syndicate column.
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
Affurisms. From Josh Billings: His Sayings (1865).