Authority That Does Not Exist

Be Not Content With The Best Book; Seek Sidelights From The Others; Have No Favourites.

The State Is Competent To Assign Duties And Draw The Line Between Good And Evil Only In Its Immediate Sphere. Beyond The Limits Of Things Necessary For Its Well-being, It Can Only Give Indirect Help To Fight The Battle Of Life By Promoting The Influences Which Prevail Against Temptation--religion, Education, And The Distribution Of Wealth.

No Public Character Has Ever Stood The Revelation Of Private Utterance And Correspondence.

Many Men Can No More Be Kept Straight By Spiritual Motives Than We Can Live Without Policemen.

In Every Age Its (liberty's) Progress Has Been Beset By Its Natural Enemies, By Ignorance And Superstition, By Lust Of Conquest And By Love Of Ease, By The Strong Man's Craving For Power, And The Poor Man's Craving For Food