A Vision Of Truth Which Does Not

I Want To Find Someone On The Earth So Intelligent That He Welcomes Opinions Which He Condemns.

The Average Educated Man In America Has About As Much Knowledge Of What A Political Idea Is As He Has Of The Principles Of Counterpoint. Each Is A Thing Used In Politics Or Music Which Those Fellows Who Practice Politics Or Music Manipulate Somehow. Show Him One And He Will Deny That It Is Politics At All. It Must Be Corrupt Or He Will Not Recognize It. He Has Only Seen Dried Figs. He Has Only Thought Dried Thoughts. A Live Thought Or A Real Idea Is Against The Rules Of His Mind.

The Power Of Quotation Is As Dreadful A Weapon As Any Which The Human Intellect Can Forge.

The Fact That A Man Is To Vote Forces Him To Think.

Everybody In America Is Soft, And Hates Conflict. The Cure For This, Both In Politics And Social Life, Is The Same - Hardihood. Give Them Raw Truth.