The doctrine that the cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy is like saying that the cure of crime is more crime.

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.

Water creates so much beauty, life and mystery.

The 'HIGHway' to peace is humility!

It doesn't matter what you look like when you see in the mirror, what matters most, is how you feel about yourself.

I wish you could see what I see when I look at you. You point out all of your flaws like they’re a bad thing, when in reality they are the best parts of you.

Don't retire, rewire and refire

We need to respect the fact that cows are herbivores, and that does not mean feeding them corn and chicken manure.

The beads around my neck [at Olympics in 1968] indicated that there were so many Blacks throughout the history of this country that have been maimed and killed by way of hangings.

Try to think of writing as a gift - more complexly put: it is the curse and the cure.

Now, everything I do, I do because I want to. And I believe the best is yet to come.

I’m actually trying to make sense of the world. There’s nothing cynical or absurd in what I do.