I don't see us winning the war. We have made enemies of one billion Muslims.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.

The unfed mind devours itself.

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

It was a fictional story, but like any good fiction, without the need to adjust or conceal the truth, it actually might bethe greatest expression of truth.

I let my face go blank and nodded slowly. "Yes. The trolls. Back. With me. Cannot form. Complete sentences." I shook my head. "Yeah, so not happening.

An army of stags led by a lion would be better than an army of lions led by a stag.

Canada, as you know, is a major important nation boasting a sophisticated, cosmopolitan culture that was tragically destroyed last week by beavers.

I'm not a joke guy; I'm not a stand-up comic.

Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index.

Terror must never be allowed as a means for political confrontation.

I learned firsthand that there would simply be no wars if people engaged in real conversation.

I am I-I am powerful, but to what extent? I am I.

General de Gaulle is again pictured in our newspapers, looking as usual like an embattled codfish.