Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war.

The beginning of political wisdom is the realization that despite everything you’ve always been taught, the government is not really on your side; indeed, it is out to get you.

Intervene globally, lose freedom locally.

Without popular fear, no government would endure more than twenty-four hours.

If I had to use a single word to describe what is fundamentally wrong with government today, I would use the word fraud.

...History shows that ... (people) can be deflected from their natural tendencies by artful propaganda, bogus crises, or other political trickery.

By adopting programs to distribute substantial amounts of income, a nation guarantees that its government will become more powerful and invasive in other ways.

True counselors of despair are those who hope against hope—and historical experience—that the government can and will act constructively.

Inflation is not a benign element in the economy's operation. It is, as it has always been, the most dangerous and destructive form of taxation.

Abetted by misguided or co-opted intellectuals, the rulers weave a cloak of legitimacy to disguise their theft and hence to ease their extraction of wealth from the rightful owners.

Once a bureau is created, its staff becomes a tenacious political interest group, well placed to defend its budget and to make a case for expanding its activities.

I did realize, as do you, how blessed I was to know bookjoy, the private pleasure of savoring text.

Never depend on a road, depend on your strides

Believe it or not, I worked four summers in college as a sports writer covering baseball for a parks and rec department in Bayonne, N.J.

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.

With a little faith in themselves people, people can do miraculous things. But without it, they have a really tough time.

I studied shades, textures by painting after the Old Masters, the classical European paintings, as part of my educational process.

I don't want to be cremated, I want to be buried. I don't believe in wasting wood and I feel that one should give back to the earth.

Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy.

A good tactic is one your people enjoy.