Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning.

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.

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.

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action.

I am what I am and not what others make of me.

The more you act the further you get away from the truth.

All your secret wishes could right now be coming true.

Cuba has the cleanest and most-educated prostitutes in the world.

The ultimate act of power is surrender.

I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.

I play basketball, I surf and swim and go to the cinema and listen to music and read. I like shopping.

... when things get rough, a breakthrough is just on the other side of the pain.

A happy wedlock is a long falling in love.

I follow the universe; I follow G-d. G-d made the sun, and the sun shines on everyone.