"People must not be forced to adopt..." - Quote by George Bernard Shaw

“Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.”

“Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.”

“Morality consists of suspecting other people of not being legally married.”

“A book can never be anything more than the impression of its author’s thoughts. The value of these thoughts lies either in the matter about which he has thought, or in the form in which he develops his matter — that is to say, what he has thought about it.”

“I have been an author for 20 years and an ass for 55.”

“I am never much interested in the effects of what I write....I seldom read with any attention the reviews of my...books. Two times out of three I know something about the reviewer, and in very few cases have I any respect for his judgments. Thus his praise, if he praises me, leaves me unmoved. I can't recall any review that has even influenced me in the slightest. I live in sort of a vacuum, and I suspect that most other writers do, too. It is hard to imagine one of the great ones paying any serious attention to contemporary opinion.”

“The desire of gold is not for gold. It is not the love of much wheat, and wool and household stuff. It is the means of freedom and benefit.”

“Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.”

“All good things are wild and free.”