A critic is a man who writes about things he doesn't like.

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.

I have loved you all my life, Mal, " I whispered through my tears. "There is no end to our story.

I hadn’t understood at the time. If sinners were so unhappy, why would they prefer their suffering? But now I knew why.Without my wounds, who was I? My scars were my face, my pastwas my life.

Belief in yourself comes from a positive attitude that sees life as worth living and that you have a wonderful part to play in it.

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Perception is, in essence, who we are. We are what we perceive. What we perceive defines who we are.

I've had some great examples in my career of how to do things the right way.

The American way of war is to build an army, then another, then a third, while building fleets. If the war is still on at that point we smash.

I never thought I'd be acting. It's very accidental for me.

Don't leave me." "Leave you? I'm going to marry you.

As a poet, one lives a bit on air. I always like someone who can teach me something practical.