"Fond of those hives where folly reigns,And..." - Quote by Jonathan Swift

“We have an intuitive sense of our duty.”

“Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.”

“The sciences are found, like Hercules's oxen, by tracing them backward; and old sciences are unravelled like old stockings, by beginning at the foot.”

“Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony.”

“A hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance, this new version is the past and no different past can ever have existed. In principle the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation. The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects and its object is not the victory over either Eurasia or East Asia but to keep the very structure of society intact.”

“If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times.”

“We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride and folly than we are taxed by government.”

“Vanity, not love, has been my folly.”

“Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.”