A recognition of limits, of boundaries, may be the only thing that prevents power from dizzy collapse.

I am sure it would be sensible to restrict as much as possible the work of these gentlemen, who are capable of doing an immense amount of harm with what may very easily degenerate into charlatanry. The tightest hand should be kept over them, and they should not be allowed to quarter themselves in large numbers among Fighting Services at the public expense.

For the amount of real capital at any moment (as distinguished from monetary tokens run off on a printing press) is limited. What is put into the hands of B cannot be put into the hands of A.

Let’s put a limit to the scramble for money. ... Having got what you wanted, you ought to begin to bring that struggle to an end.

The only value of ideology is to stop things becoming showbiz.

The only way to prevent institutions from rotting is by automatic dissolution, to have the same life expectancy as free-market companies.

The only true form of freedom, the only ethical form of freedom, is through self-limitation.

[T]he only way to stop these wicked actions is to ensure that any sicko who would shoot up a school knows that within seconds, not minutes, they will face certain death.

"I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction," said Mathilde. "It is the only thing which cannot be bought."

The only way to prevent prostitution altogether would be to imprison one half of the human race.

Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error.

THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN CONTROL PEOPLE IS TO LIE TO THEM. You can write that down in your book in great big letters. The only way you can control anybody is to lie to them.

In the limit, the only jobs are creator or regulator.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.