A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if he drank.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

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Invest money and you'll get a check. Invest in people and you'll get time.

The love of truth lies at the root of much humour.

The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.

Mo Yan is a writer who, defiantly in the face of those who wish his work were less cartoonish and more straightforward in its political meanings, continues to sing his own peculiar and alluring song.

It's a beautiful life, just as advertised.

We're the ones who can fire [Donald Trump]. We're the ones who can fire members of congress.

Attitude will always define who we are in life.

Most entrepreneurs are not doing it for financial motives in the first place. They're just people who love creating.

I worry about Las Vegas schools. I hear in math, they only teach them to count to 21.