Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.

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.

Some people believe in telling stories. Some believe in doing things about which stories will be told in times to come.

People are only worth what their responsibilities make them

You can contol nothing but your own thoughts, but with your thoughts you can control the whole world.

Let's play Russian roulette. If you win, I give you a Colombian necktie.

I think the most important thing people can do is to learn about their watershed. And it's something no one knows.

A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country.

What you need to look at is what is required by law, which I believe that Donald Trump has complied with.

It's difficult for them to do a deal at these levels.

You cannot take the life of your times further than you have taken yourself.

You won't walk into a store and steal food. But people think it's ok to steal music.