George Bernard Shaw

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the government. And, with due respect to these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.

When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants to murder him it's called ferocity.

If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Never wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.

The golden rule is that there is not golden rule.

The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time.