No sane man objects to palpable lies about him; what he objects to is damaging facts.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

People who gives excuses of lack of growth simply don’t know how to apply the principle of increase is practically inevitable.

Seductive pull of the forest, an open canvas for trouble.

We have left undone those things which we ought to have done and we have done those things which we ought not to have done.

We must never take the public's trust for granted - our predecessors worked hard to earn it, and it is our responsibility to continually earn that trust.

I am a nationalist... my native soil is the theatre.

If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money

To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.

When complicated characters aren't well drawn, they're boring.

Show me a person who hasn´t known any sorrow and I´ll show you a superficial.

Everything that you do in your life that helps you sweat is good for you.