I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.

I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy-- the mother.

The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything

First and last, it's a question of money. Those men who own the earth make the laws to protect what they have. They fix up a sort of fence or pen around what they have, and they fix the law so the fellow on the outside cannot get in. The laws are really organized for the protection of the men who rule the world. They were never organized or enforced to do justice. We have no system for doing justice, not the slightest in the world.