An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

There's no magic line between an application and an operating system that some bureaucrat in Washington should draw.

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere, but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.

Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

I used to take my short stories to girls' homes and read them to them. Can you imagine the reaction, reading a short story to a girl instead of pawing her?

For the moon, though one, dispels the darkness, which the stars, though numerous, can not.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

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