Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. Democracies are most commonly corrupted by the insolence of demagogues. Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.
Necessity does the work of courage.
History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it. The manufacturers of the typewriters and typing paper, of course. And the U.S. Post Office. My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I love. You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture.