A nation's wealth is too serious a matter to be left to the wealthy. The riches of a nation belong to all, to be shared among all for the general welfare.

Corrupt men are always liars. Lies are their instruments, their pleasure, their solace. In time they come to believe their lies, or rather to half-believe them.

Fragmentation occurs when a civilization is in decline.

Uncorrupted man, with God's blessing, advances across the fields of the universe as though he were walking down a country lane.

The United States is dangerously close to being a plutocracy. A third of the private wealth is owned by less than 5 percent of the population.

The small Hitlers are around us every day.

All is forgiven to kings and popes. History grants them immunity, even a full pardon, even when they admit their crimes and glory in them.

It is no more rational to have lawyers in positions of power than it would be to have garbage collectors in positions of power. And in human terms garbage collectors would be preferable.

Conquest, tyranny, treachery, and the clash of cultures bring about corrupt societies, and so does old age. Sometimes the five faces of corruption are visible at the same time.

The corrupt, when found out, become especially good moralists.

A totalitarian dictatorship cannot explain; it can only suppress.

Nixon wanted view and advice brought to him through intermediaries. He wanted information filtered as it came to him – and he wanted his filters to filter his will back to those whom he must direct.

A man's kiss is his signature.

I knew how to act and had studied acting and enjoyed it, but I'd never pushed myself to really perform as an actor, and create a role, and have the whole character's backstory.

When anything gets freed, a zest goes round the world.

I feel overwhelmingly grateful to them, but I don't know what to do with their invisible gifts.

I love Botox, I absolutely love it. I get it minimally so I can still move my face. But I really do think it's a savior.

Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a lover for life.

I know that young people sometimes, caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions.

Maybe I am a jerk sometimes. Maybe I'm not. I think most people are kind of a jerk once in a while.

These Atlantikoinonia. They’re human? (Acheron) What else would they be? Turnips? (Tory)