I have no private interest in the reception of my inventions by the world, having never made, nor proposed to make, the least profit by any of them.Benjamin Franklin
Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.Bernard Shaw
What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts.Bernard Shaw
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.Bernard Shaw
A statesman who confines himself to popular legislation - or, for the matter of that, a playwright who confines himself to popular plays - is like a blind man's dog who goes wherever the blind man pulls him, on the ground that both of them want to go to the same place.Bernard Shaw
Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.Bernard Shaw
I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.Bernard Shaw