The rich have grown richer, but their tax rate has declined. The poor have grown poorer, but their taxes have increased.

The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments.

You see there are people who believe the function of the police is to fight crime, and that's not true, the function of the police is social control and protection of property.

You will have no sensation of a leash around your neck if you sit by the peg. It is only when you stray that you feel the restraining tug.

Every ruling class has wanted only this: all the rewards and none of the burdens. The operational code is: we have a lot; we can get more; we want it all.

The close relationship between politics and economics is neither neutral nor coincidental. Large governments evolve through history in order to protect large accumulations of property and wealth.

People who think they're free in this world just haven't come to the end of their leash yet.

Our fear that communism might someday take over most of the world blinds us to the fact that anti- communism already has.

The dirty truth is that the rich are the great cause of poverty.

Apathy's a problem but who cares?

When change threatens to rule, then the rules are changed.

Maybe some type of pain is inevitable, but still, that doesn’t mean that you should always let it control your emotions.

Wizards are always troubled about the future.

There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's confusing to know how far you should take it.

We drink VB, Victoria Bitter, which is way better.

When your songs are like your babies, even the one that you know aren't great, you still love.

Men are the weak ones, luv. Didn't you know? Oh, you make a lot of noise, but its the women who are strong. Where it counts. In 'ere.

I've got nine kids, nine dogs, three grandkids - and one in the oven. And three parrots!

Inspiration the seed. Design but the flower.

Everything I loved became everything I've lost.

The only thing I can't resist is temptation.