It is of no consequence what others think of you. What matters is what you think of them. That is how you live your life.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.

The unfed mind devours itself.

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

Some of the most beautiful things that have happened to me in my life have been things that I couldn't explain.

The driving force behind doing everything that I've been doing as a stand-up is having problems with authority and not liking to be told what to do.

… he remained restrained and strangely composed. It was a composure born of extreme provocation. It stemmed from a lucidity that lies beyond rage.

I saw a specialist who asked me 'Are you familiar with the phrase faecal impaction?'. I said I think I saw that one with Glenn Close and Michael Douglas.

Man is known to be a selfish, as well as a social being.

To have a pure heart, we must submit all thoughts to the authority of Christ. If we are willing to do that, he will change us to be like him.

I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes.

I grew up as a child actress, not a child star. I was an actress - big difference.

The Republicans do not look on the Democrats as the evil empire.