Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

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.

Life is always just to learn.

Mma Ramotswe reflected on how easy it was to find oneself committed to a course of action simply because one lacked the courage to say no.

Employing your imagination is the first step to the fulfillment of any dream.

Don't ever mistake silence for ignorance, when it is obviously stupidity

Mention but the word "divinity, " and our sense of the divine is clouded.

A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life worth living.

When people talk about my weight, I'm like, 'You seem to have a problem with it; I don't.

I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; I pardon those who have occasioned my death; and I pray to God that the blood you are going to shed may never be visited on France.

It is difficult for me to regard anyone who obeys no moral principle in his conduct to be a religious man.

Investing is not as tough as being a top-notch bridge player. All it takes is the ability to see things as they really are.