The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.

If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang.

Reason and truth have rarely prevailed against demagoguery when the audience is too ignorant to tell the difference.

Credibility, like virginity, can only be lost once and never recovered.

Here's your enemy for this week, the government says. And some gullible Americans click their heels and salute - often without knowing who or even where the enemy of the week is.

Gun-control has always been an elitist method of controlling the common.

If you believe in the right to life, then you must believe in the right to have the means to defend that life.

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Don't live beyond your means. Don't buy more than you can pay for. Don't expect to get rich quick. And don't confuse salesmen for friends or advisers.

Capitalism is like math. It is amoral. It is good at producing wealth; it's bad at distributing wealth. Unless it operates within a moral framework it will produce an unjust society.

Americans who value freedom had better be more concerned about the gun control crowd than the criminals. The criminals want your money. The Neo-Totalitarians want your freedom.

Within every elaborate lie, a kernel of truth.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

If you want to see and feel magic first hand, read a book to your kid before bedtime. —Richard Due

I run angry. Football allows me to take out some of my pain on the field.

That the saints were usually in ill luck does not canonize you.

Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, "I am not the kind of person I want to be." It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.

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.

Didn't we, like our grandchildren, begin with a childhood we thought would never end? Now, all of a sudden, I'm older than my parents were when I thought they were old.

I think the best thing I learned from drawing comics is that it's a great exercise in concision.

Climate change is real and humans do contribute to those changes.