Ralph Ransom

Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.

Man was created as a being who should constantly keep improving, a being who on reaching one goal sets a higher one.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

I grew up under Thatcher. I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless. Then gradually over the years it occurred to me that this was actually a very convenient myth for the state.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.