Conquest Is The Missionary Of Valor, And

A Bureaucracy Is Sure To Think That Its Duty Is To Augment Official Power, Official Business, Or Official Members, Rather Than To Leave Free The Energies Of Mankind; It Overdoes The Quantity Of Government, As Well As Impairs Its Quality. The Truth Is, That A Skilled Bureaucracy Is, Though It Boasts Of An Appearance Of Science, Quite Inconsistent With The True Principles Of The Art Of Business.

The Maxim Of Science Is Simply That Of Common Sense-simple Cases First; Begin With Seeing How The Main Force Acts When There Is As Little As Possible To Impede It, And When You Thoroughly Comprehend That, Add To It In Succession The Separate Effects Of Each Of The Incumbering And Interfering Agencies.

The Caucus Is A Sort Of Representative Meeting Which Sits Voting And Voting Till They Have Cut Out All The Known Men Against Whom Much Is To Be Said, And Agreed On Some Unknown Man Against Whom There Is Nothing Known, And Therefore Nothing To Be Alleged.

An Inability To Stay Quiet Is One Of The Conspicuous Failings Of Mankind.

The Whole History Of Civilization Is Strewn With Creeds And Institutions Which Were Invaluable At First, And Deadly Afterwards