I think there is something about luxury - it's not something people need, but it's what they want. It really pulls at their heart.
“The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all popular religion, that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.”
“It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.”