In some ways, certain books are more powerful by far than any battle.

If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States.

It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice.

We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels.

With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power.

The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.

Fascism is a worldwide disease. Its greatest threat to the United States will come after the war, either via Latin America or within the United States itself.

This is a fight between a free world and a slave world.

The worldwide, agelong struggle between fascism and democracy will not stop when the fighting ends in Germany and Japan.

Scientific understanding is our joy. Economic and political understanding is our duty.

The century which we are entering can be and must be the century of the common man.

I don't believe anyone who says love, love, love. It means self, self, self.

If you come back in here, I'm gonna hit you with so many rights, you're gonna beg for a left.

I like when people wear a WWJD bracelet, because it's like an example of the first thing Jesus wouldn't do, probably.

It is the responsibility of the citizens to support their government. It is not the responsibility of the government to support its citizens.

Life is just a dirty four-letter word: W-O-R-K.

I remember Mr. Mayer very well. He sort of liked to be the father - no, he liked to be treated like you thought he was Daddy, but he didn't treat you like Daddy at all.

You flip through it and say, 'I'd like to have that product and I'd like to have a person like that. It is You placing your order with the Universe. It's really that easy.

Throw a rock into a pack of dogs, the one that yelps the loudest is usually the one that got hit.

Diversification is a surrogate - and a damn poor surrogate - for knowledge, elements of control, and priceconsciousness.

Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.