Populists have never had a good press in Freedom's land.

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.

There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use.

The predation of wolves and women by those who misunderstand them is strikingly similar.

It is odd how we sometimes deny ourselves the very pleasure we have longed for and which is finally within our reach.

the old alone have finality. What is true of the young today may be false tomorrow. They are enveloped in emotion; and emotion as a state of being is fluent and evanescent.

Trying to make things work in government is sometimes like trying to sew a button on a custard pie.

The secret is planning your work and working your plan. If you don't know where you are going, how will you know when you arrive? You can't stumble upon your destination.

Though science has given us many marvels, it has also spoiled many of our pleasant dreams.

An acute first-class brain is the finest asset anyone can have- and, if we want to be happy, it is an asset we must exploit to the uttermost.

I’ve never considered joining Twitter, nor do I know why anybody would.

Oh, no, I was afraid of that! I'd better go and hide.