"A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one; it comes as sincerely from the author’s soul."

"As political and economic freedom diminishes, sexual freedom tends compensatingly to increase. And the dictator (unless he happens to be puritanical as well as power-loving) will do well to encourage …"

"It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and to find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'Try to be a little kinder.'"

"The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to find a bad name for its opponents."

"The more powerful the means of communication, the easier it is to control public opinion."