Quotes from William Dietrich

What sets our species apart is not just what men will do to other men, but how tirelessly they justify it.

Do we fear death? Of course. But it is death that makes room for birth, and the cycle of life is as natural as the rise and fall of the Nile. Death is our last and greatest duty.

Nobody wants to read about happy people.

What was the revolution for? Liberty. But people in France are tired of freedom. It's when people can vote that they realize how catastrophic and stupid are the opinions of their neighbors. Better to have a Bonaparte in charge whom you can never remove and always blame.

Women can rob a man of sense faster than Appalachian jug whiskey.

It's not easy to live with something you can't have