Our whole practical government is grounded in mob psychology and the Boobus Americanus will follow any command that promises to make him safer.

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.

Nought’s had, all’s spent, where our desire is got without content.

The only people who would be in government are those who care more about people than they do about power.

I'm the worst speller on the planet. I'm so glad for spellcheck on my phone.

There are interests by the sacrifice of which peace is too dearly purchased. One should never be at peace to the shame of his own soul--to the violation of his integrity or of his allegiance to God.

Our responding to life's unfairness with sympathy... may be the surest proof of all of God's reality.

Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord...He waits quietly for the King.

The mere idea of asking a family member if they intentionally stopped sending me an annual bonus makes me feel like breaking out in hives.

Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.

Ye have cast out yer brothers for devils and now complain ye, lamenting, that ye've been left to fight alone.

I am desperate for attention. But everyone else is too. Everyone has fantasies of fame and greatness. Life for most people is a process of shedding those fantasies.