"“But what you’re talking about means giving up all that—just the noble primitive, simple and self-sufficient. He’s go…"

"The police of a state should never be stronger or better armed than the citizenry. An armed citizenry, willing to fig…"

"“He posed me a question which I must answer correctly—else he will not co-operate.” “Huh? What was the question? “I’l…"

"“Can I trust you, my friend?” “If you can’t, then what is my assurance worth?”"

"Babies are fun. And they’re not much trouble. Feed ‘em occasionally, help them when they need it, and love them a lot…"

"So-called instincts are instructive, Felix. They point to survival values."

"Well, in the first place an armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts…"

"Wong shook his head sadly. “I sometimes think that modern education is deliberately designed to handicap a boy.”"

"Since when did a mathematician need any tools but his own head? Pythagoras had done well enough with a stick and a st…"

"I venture to predict that, when we get around to reviewing their records, we will find that the rebels were almost al…"