Like Prince Von Bismarck In Diplomacy, I

The Practical Reason For Freedom Is That Freedom Seems To Be The Only Condition Under Which Any Kind Of Substantial Moral Fiber Can Be Developed - We Have Tried Law, Compulsion And Authoritarianism Of Various Kinds, And The Result Is Nothing To Be Proud Of.

Like Prince Von Bismarck In Diplomacy, I Have No Secrets.

According To My Observations, Mankind Are Among The Most Easily Tamable And Domesticable Of All Creatures In The Animal World. They Are Readily Reducible To Submission, So Readily Conditionable (to Coin A Word) As To Exhibit An Almost Incredibly Enduring Patience Under Restraint And Oppression Of The Most Flagrant Character. So Far Are They From Displaying Any Overweening Love Of Freedom That They Show A Singular Contentment With A Condition Of Servitorship, Often Showing A Curious Canine Pride In It, And Again Often Simply Unaware That They Are Existing In That Condition.

Considered Now As A Possession, One May Define Culture As The Residuum Of A Large Body Of Useless Knowledge That Has Been Well And Truly Forgotten.

The Worst Of This Ever Growing Cancer Of Statism [ie Big 'paternal' Government - Socialism, Communism And Fascism] Is Its Moral Effect. The Country Is Rich Enough To Stand Its Frightful Economic Wastage For A Long Time Yet, And Still Prosper, But It Is Already So Poverty-stricken In Its Moral Resources That The Present Drain Will Quickly Run Them Out.