“Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one...” — Samuel Butler Quote

“Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers.”

“Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.”

“The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.”

“But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy.”

“These are matters of external history. They are indeed prominent objects, often changing and giving a new direction to the current; but they tell us not why it flows onward and will ever flow.”

“In the current environment, we find it very difficult to defend America, and so we keep our silence. Because, to be very frank with you, how can we defend America?”