The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.

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.

Perfection is an illusion. Allow yourself room to make mistakes and permission to be happy regardless of outcome.

Cowan son of Branieucc, you're the only one of my people that I know for sure still lives.

My use of the medium - photography - is in some ways traditional.

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

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I walked into the main entrance of the White House, and I said to myself, "This is sort of amazing."

Honor the ocean of love.

Maybe staying on the surface keeps her from returning to a place where she can't breathe.

For the younger sisters, we always look up to the older sisters because they're always ahead of us and they always win.

God is with me. Jesus is near. The Spirit is greater than my fear.