How could anything non-controversial be of intellectual interest to grown-ups?

One thing more dangerous than getting between a grizzly sow and her cub is getting between a businessman and a dollar bill.

The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already.

Grown men do not need leaders.

Taxation: how the sheep are shorn.

Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.