Do I Grow Cleverer With Age, Or

When People Are Forced To Remain Silent When They Are Being Told The Most Obvious Lies, Or Even Worse When They Are Forced To Repeat The Lies Themselves, They Lose Once And For All Their Sense Of Probity. To Assent To Obvious Lies Is To Co-operate With Evil, And In Some Small Way To Become Evil Oneself. One's Standing To Resist Anything Is Thus Eroded, And Even Destroyed. A Society Of Emasculated Liars Is Easy To Control.

Feeling Good About Yourself Is Not The Same Thing As Doing Good. Good Policy Is More Important Than Good Feelings.

A Curious Reversal In The Locus Of Moral Concern Has Taken Place: People Feel Responsible For Everything Except For What They Do.

There Is Nothing An Addict Likes More, Or That Serves As Better Pretext For Continuing His Present Way Of Life, Than To Place The Weight Of Responsibility For His Situation Somewhere Other Than On His Own Decisions.

The Aim Of Untold Millions Is To Be Free To Do Exactly As They Choose And For Someone Else To Pay When Things Go Wrong.