Grown men do not need leaders.
Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.
If the end does not justify the means - what can?
The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already.
The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.
What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse.
A drink a day keeps the shrink away.
Taxation: how the sheep are shorn.
There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.