Original Sin Is That Thing About Man

The Fence And The Boundary Line Are The Symbols Of The Spirit Of Justice. They Set The Limits Upon Each Man's Interest To Prevent One From Taking Advantage Of The Other.

Reason Tends To Check Selfish Impulses And To Grant The Satisfaction Of Legitimate Impulses In Others.

Liberalism Makes This Mistake In Regard To Private Property And Marxism Makes It In Regard To Socialized Property... The Marxist Illusion Is Partly Derived From A Romantic Conception Of Human Nature... It Assumes That The Socialization Of Property Will Eliminate Human Egotism... The Development Of A Managerial Class In Russia, Combing Economic With Political Power, Is An Historic Refutation Of The Marxist Theory.

Humour Is, In Fact, A Prelude To Faith; And Laughter Is The Beginning Of Prayer … Laughter Is Swallowed Up In Prayer And Humour Is Fulfilled By Faith.

Since Inequalities Of Privilege Are Greater Than Could Possibly Be Defended Rationally, The Intelligence Of Privileged Groups Is Usually Applied To The Task Of Inventing Specious Proofs For The Theory That Universal Values Spring From, And That General Interests Are Served By, The Special Privileges Which They Hold.