All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him.

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.

Politics doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt politics.

You don’t waste time on suspecting or second guessing when you confront.

A lie to get out of something, or take an advantage for oneself, that’s one thing; but a lie to make life more interesting—well, that’s entirely different.

I can't think of anything until I've got printed words in front of me. I never wake up in the middle of the night with a song in my head.

A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.

"Now you can trade the S&P 500 Index in real time" was the slogan in the newspapers for the first ETF. What kind of nut would do that?

The sight of you is good for sore eyes.

A star on earth - a star in heaven.

People have their cultural reasons for eating meat, their traditional reasons, their likes and dislikes.

As a therapist, I am a companion. I try to help people tune into their own wisdom.