The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
He had learned over the years that poor people did not feel so poor when allowed to give occasionally.
But be, as you have been, my happiness...
They weren't wearing insignia.
Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
People will buy anything that is one to a customer.
There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.