Category: Thought

“Let cooler heads prevail. We don’t have any conclusive facts demonstrating a Spanish attack on the USS Maine and surely neither blind vengeance nor aggressive imperialism provides a legitimate foundation for our foreign policy.”

“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”

“If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates.”

“There is only one boss: The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”

“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”

“Government should be set up so that no man need be afraid of another.”