War is an ugly thing， but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war， is much worse.

"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how."

Banks should penetrate into the capillaries of the economy like water.

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."