It never occurred to any Enlightenment figure in the eighteenth century that law was not preferable to man.

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.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's really a stupid thing to want to do.

Leadership is self-made. People who have deliberately decided to become problems solver lead better.

Revenge: it's a dream of flames fueled by scorched remains that are lit to a torch and brought back upon the one who burned you.

I think there's a little me hiding behind your leg, Chichi.""I'm Goten.""I'm Goku. Hi!"...."Daddy!

We probably, as primitive people, made music before we actually had a language, and that's where language comes from.

I've been blessed, acne never knocked on my door. I think I look pretty darn good.

Secrets can remind us of the countless human dramas, of frailty and heroism playing out silently in the lives of people all around us.

Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.

The revolt against any oppression usually goes to an opposite extreme for a time; and that is right and necessary.

Don't measure the height of your Christmas tree. Measure the abundance of the love present in your heart! Have a Blessed Christmas!