William Inge

“Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.”

“We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.”

“The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.”

“Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true.”

“I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out.”

“A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.”

“Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.”

“The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.”

“True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values.”

“The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.”

“Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.”