The Malice Of The Wicked

The Arts Are Essen­tial To Any Com­plete National Life. The State Owes It To Itself To Sus­tain And Encour­age Them. [...] Ill Fares The Race Which Fails To Salute The Arts With The Rev­er­ence And Delight Which Are Their Due.

It Has Been Said That Democracy Is The Worst Form Of Government Except All The Others That Have Been Tried.

There Are Two Processes Which We Adopt Consciously Or Unconsciously When We Try To Prophesy. We Can Seek A Period In The Past Whose Conditions Resemble As Closely As Possible Those Of Our Day, And Presume That The Sequel To That Period Will, Save For Some Minor Alterations, Be Similar. Secondly, We Can Survey The General Course Of Development In Our Immediate Past, And Endeavor To Prolong It Into The Near Future. The First Is The Method The Historian; The Second That Of The Scientist. Only The Second Is Open To Us Now, And This Only In A Partial Sphere.

All I Want Is Compliance With My Wishes, After Reasonable Discussion.

Say What You Have To Say And The First Time You Come To A Sentence With A Grammatical Ending - Sit Down.