Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

All Socialism involves slavery.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

This survival of the fittest implies multiplication of the fittest.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

She had the best kind of courage, or maybe the worst kind, the kind that gets you into trouble.

Praying is pleasing to God.

Disruption isn't about what happens to you, it's about how you respond to what happens to you.

I don't necessarily agree with everything that I say.

Children are the keys of paradise.

Some feminists feel that a woman should never be wrong. We have a right to be wrong.

True obedience is a matter of love, which makes it voluntary, not compelled by fear or force.

Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.

Midterm elections can be dreadfully boring, unfortunately.

I think a lot of people in the Conservative party came from other parties. There wouldn't be a Conservative party today if people hadn't come from other parties.