He is one of those peple who would be enormously improved by death

What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death.

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.

The real question of government versus private enterprise is argued on too philosophical and abstract a basis. Theoretically, planning may be good. But nobody has ever figured out the cause of government stupidity and until they do (and find the cure) all ideal plans will fall into quicksand.

Every culture has its distinctive and normal system of government. Yours is democracy, moderated by corruption. Ours is totalitarianism, moderated by assassination.

Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion.

A thing can be true and still be desperate folly.

It is fatal to be right when the rest of the world is wrong.

Pardon him, Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.