American
Journalist,
Critic and
Essayist
(September 12,
1880 -
January 29,
1956)
"Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking."
"It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause."
"It is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe... Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end."
"A large part of altruism, even when it is perfectly honest, is grounded upon the fact that it is uncomfortable to have unhappy people about one."
"Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas."
"The men the American public admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth."
"The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind."
"Most people want security in this world, not liberty."
"Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy."
"There's always an easy solution to every human problem - neat, plausible and wrong."
"The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe."
"Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages."
