How we all love extreme cases and apocalypses, fires, drownings, stranglings, and the rest of it. The bigger our mild, basically ethical, safe middle classes grow the more radical excitement is in demand. Mild or moderate truthfulness or accuracy seems to have no pull at all.

Absolute rules are for unthinking people. Sheep require fences—humans do not.

Trotsky cut in: “‘Collective leadership’ is precisely when everyone hinders each other or everyone attacks each other.’ (Laughter).

When it comes to cars, only two varieties of people are possible - cowards and fools.

Written By Russell Baker

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