Better than the rest of us, they [the Jews] sensed what was ahead for their people.

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.

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.

Today's temporary disappointment means tomorrows permanent appointment.

If you don't know your history, you don't know what you are talking about!

Only grace makes it possible to do the good we must do.

It’s finding out where we came from that helps guide us to where we are going.

Leave me alone. I'm fine.

They can give you all the pills on earth and do whatever - and you're still yourself.

The most radical act anyone can commit is to be happy.

It is better to arouse envy than pity.

Beauty is assailed from two directions - by the cult of ugliness in the arts, and by the cult of utility in everyday life.