The problem with political jokes is they get elected.

The problem with political jokes is they get elected.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

...the ultimate decision about what is accepted as right and wrong will be made not by individual human wisdom but read more

...the ultimate decision about what is accepted as right and wrong will be made not by individual human wisdom but by the disappearance of the groups that have adhered to the "wrong" beliefs.

For Americans war is almost all of the time a nuisance, and military skill is a luxury like Mah-Jongg. But read more

For Americans war is almost all of the time a nuisance, and military skill is a luxury like Mah-Jongg. But when the issue is brought home to them, war becomes as important, for the necessary period, as business or sport. And it is hard to decide which is likely to be the more ominous for the Axis -- an American decision that this is sport, or that it is business. - The American Character.

What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming.

What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

Truth is not determined by majority vote.

Truth is not determined by majority vote.