"Government," says Swift, "is a plain thing, and fitted to the capacity of many heads."

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Why did you tell her I'm your boyfriend? Why doesn't she know about your real one? - TimmyHe's English! And Mom...Mom hates foreigners! - Cat

Pretty sad. Pretty lonely. But that's how I prefer it? I quess? I guess. It's a good guess. It's the best quess ever.

Chase your dreams. Don't wait til the dreams come true.

If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.

Sunday evenings are heavier than clouds with rain, darker too and often interminable.

There are always survivors at a massacre. Among the victors, if nowhere else.

Nobody can predict the future; the idea is to have a firm grasp of the present.

It's been a long while since we've had a major celebrity criminal case.

I hoped that the trip would be the best of all journeys: a journey into ourselves.