Facts are ventriloquists' dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism.

So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly rise and make them miserable.

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.