No self-respecting person who loves humanity or wishes for a world of greater equality and justice should have anything to do with whitewashing the slavery and extermination of Marxism-Leninism.

The struggle between centralization and decentralization is at the core of American history.

The most destructive thing governments do is divide people against each other, all in competition over the reins of the state.

The real triumph of civilization is the extent to which coercion is banished from human relations.

Brute force is not our salvation, especially as directed by State central planning and done with little regard for the innocents.

As the nation-state has monopolized habeas corpus … on balance we have far more people in prison, federal and state, than ever.

Today most habeas involves the federal courts overriding state convictionswhere it used to be mostly the reverse.

For one wild, glad moment we snapped the chain that binds us to earth, and joining hands with the winds we felt ourselves divine.

The most beautiful rainbow is the one inside your soul.

Once you become aware of knowledge and you are conscious of knowledge, there is no going back to the previous conscious state of mind.

Kisses are a better fate than wisdom.

In my day you didn't speak until spoken to.

Tantra is the perception of the oneness and the perfection of all things. Not just the perception of light, but the perception of darkness, seeing God in both beauty and horror.

Leslie Stein's comics give readers privileged access to a complete and wholly original world of gently skewed wonders.

I love clothes. I don't know a woman who doesn't. But generally women are intrigued with fashion. Designers are almost making fun of us at times.

I never imagined I'd write a book.

You needed a new pancreas. The one we bought for you frees you from a dangerous dependency.” “Thanks, but I was enjoying that dependency.