Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.

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.

It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.

What a terrible thing, I thought, to let a moment go.

When you discriminate against anyone, you discriminate against everyone. It's a display of terrible intolerance.

Evil is only imperfection, that which is not complete, which is becoming, but has not yet found its end.

I have taken the stand that nobody can be always wrong, but it does seem to me that I have approximated so highly that I am nothing short of a negative genius.

You can fool the eyes and minds of the audience, but you cannot fool their hearts.

I conceived in art college at the age of 20, near the end of term.

I will never be a skinny waif as I am physically unable to say "no" to free booze and snacks. Oh well.

My life is Avatar, your life is Precious.

Our holy lives must win a new world's crown.