To the best of my knowledge and belief, the average American newspaper, even of the so-called better sort, is not only quite as bad as Upton Sinclair says it is, but 10 times worse

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.

To the degree we give power to anything outside ourselves we become powerless

Provision for others is a fundamental responsibility of human life.

fair play is less characteristic of groups than of individuals.

Why lie? I'm not going to be a hypocrite and say the opposite of what I think, like some others do.

Man is not merely an evolution but rather a revolution.

I was a Political Science major.

We are in the 21st century; what are the kings or the queens doing in this century? They must remain in the past!

It's often hope, hopeful movie making. You're always looking for catchphrases. That's always funny, when you're looking for that future line. "Uh oh, future line. Okay."

Expect the Best, Expect Divine Guidance, Expect your Fortunes to Change, Expect a Miracle!

Political freedom, as the Western world has known it, is only a political reading of the Bible.