It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people.

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.

If the world stops spinning, slowing to a crawl. I will continue to dream of you. Until, I no longer dream at all.

You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration, of feudalism and tribalism.

I have a life that did not become, that turned aside and stopped, astonished

Love thine enemies for the strengths they call up in us make them the instruments of our destiny.

X & O's aren't worth a damn without a team. If your team isn't with you it doesn't matter what you draw up. The team must respect what the coach is asking them to do

Are my words ever actually audible, or do they just echo in my head while people stare at me, waiting?

There is nothing stronger than a heart which loves and is freely given.

I have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that.

What's your name? Um... Think about it. You don't get to pick again. Tris.

I don't really like the gym.