Philosophy Begins When One Learns To Doubt

All Deductions Having Been Made, Democracy Has Done Less Harm, And More Good, Than Any Other Form Of Government. It Gave To Human Existence A Zest And Camaraderie That Outweighed Its Pitfalls And Defects. It Gave To Thought And Science And Enterprise The Freedom Essential To Their Operation And Growth. It Broke Down The Walls Of Privilege And Class, And In Each Generation It Raised Up Ability From Every Rank And Place.

Every Form Of Government Tends To Perish By Excess Of Its Basic Principle.

Friends Are Helpful Not Only Because They Will Listen To Us, But Because They Will Laugh At Us; Through Them We Learn A Little Objectivity, A Little Modesty, A Little Courtesy; We Learn The Rules Of Life And Become Better Players Of The Game

The Dog That Buried The Bone Which Even A Canine Appetite Could Not Manage, The Squirrel That Gathered Nuts For A Later Feast, The Bees That Filled The Comb With Honey, The Ants That Laid Up Stores For A Rainy Day - These Were Among The First Creators Of Civilization. It Was They....who Taught Our Ancestors The Art Of Providing For Tomorrow Out Of The Surplus Of Today, Or Of Preparing For Winter In Summer's Time Of Plenty.

Historically The Belief In Heaven And The Belief In Utopia Are Like Compensatory Buckets In A Well: When One Goes Down The Other Comes Up. When The Classic Religions Decayed, Communistic Agitation Rose In Athens (430 B.c.), And Revolution Began In Rome (133 B.c.); When These Movements Failed, Resurrection Faiths Succeeded, Culminating In Christianity; When, In Our Eighteenth Century, Christian Belief Weakened, Communism Reappeared. In This Perspective The Future Of Religion Is Secure.