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Mailer, Norman. "She Thought the Russians Was Coming." Esquire, 1 June 1960.

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Quayle, Dan. Quoted in Wall Street Journal. 26 May 1989.

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Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958, ch. 2, sect. 1.

A myth is a religion in which no-one any longer believes.

James K. Feibleman

Understanding Philosophy

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Feibleman, James K. "The Earliest Greek Philosophers." Understanding Philosophy: A Popular History of Ideas. Horizon Press, 1973, ch. 3.

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Truman, Harry S. Address about establishing the Truman Doctrine. Joint session of Congress. 12 Mar. 1947, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Chief Joseph. Speech in Lincoln Hall. 14 Jan. 1879, Lincoln Hall, Washington, DC, USA.

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Chief Joseph. "An Indian's Views of Indian Affairs." Great Speeches by Native Americans, edited by Bob Blaisdell. Dover Publications, 2012.

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Gonzales, Alberto R. Memorandum to George W. Bush. 25 Jan. 2002.

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Palin, Sarah. Urging her supporters to oppose Democratic plans for health care reform. Facebook, 7 Aug. 2009.

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Hubbard, Elbert. The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard. Roycrofters, 1916.

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Wharton, Edith. "A First Word." A Backward Glance. D. Appleton-Century Company, 1934.

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Romney, Mitt. Remarks at private fundraiser. 17 May 2012, Boca Raton, FL, USA.

I will not sulk about having no boyfriend, but develop inner poise and authority and sense of self as woman of substance, complete without boyfriend, as best way to obtain boyfriend.

Helen Fielding

Bridget Jones's Diary

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Fielding, Helen. Bridget Jones's Diary. Picador, 1996.

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James, William. "The Value of Saintliness." Gifford Lecture. c. 1902, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. Lecture.

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James, William. "The Value of Saintliness." The Varieties of Religious Experience, edited by Martin E. Marty. Penguin Classics, 1982.

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Rawls, John. A Theory of Justice. Belknap Press, 1971, ch. 1, sect. 1.

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Santayana, George. Introduction. Ethics, by Spinoza, translated by A. Boyle. Everyman's Library, 1910, introduction.

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Ellsworth, Henry L. "Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the Year." U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1843.

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "The Path of the Law." Address to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at the dedication of the new hall of the Boston University School of Law. 8 Jan. 1897, Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA, USA.

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "The Path of the Law." The Essential Holmes: Selections from the Letters, Speeches, Judicial Opinions, and Other Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr, edited by Richard A. Posner. University of Chicago Press, 1997.

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Fielding, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. London: Andrew Millar, 1749, bk. 15, ch. 1.

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Fielding, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, edited by Alice Wakely. Penguin Classics, 2005.

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Hazlitt, William. "The Indian Jugglers." Table-Talk; Or, Original Essays. Vol. 1, London: John Warren, 1821.

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Hazlitt, William. "The Indian Jugglers." The Spirit of Controversy and Other Essays, edited by Jon Mee and James Grande. Oxford University Press, 2021.

Only the tiniest fraction of mankind want freedom.
All the rest want someone to tell them they are free.

Irving Layton

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Layton, Irving. "Aphs." The Whole Bloody Bird: Obs, Aphs & Pomes. McClelland & Stewart, 1969.