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When people revolt in a totalitarian society, they rise not against the wickedness of the regime but its weakness.
When people revolt in a totalitarian society, they rise not against the wickedness of the regime but its weakness.
When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in read more
When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty read more
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears read more
The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears with them.
Television is democracy at its ugliest.
Television is democracy at its ugliest.
The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.
The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.
The only way you can do that [decrease taxes, balance the budget, and increase military spending] is with mirrors, and read more
The only way you can do that [decrease taxes, balance the budget, and increase military spending] is with mirrors, and that's what it would take.
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer; preserve my life from fear of the enemy. [Psalms 64:1].
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer; preserve my life from fear of the enemy. [Psalms 64:1].
I believe there is a limit beyond which free speech cannot go, but it's a limit that's very seldom mentioned. read more
I believe there is a limit beyond which free speech cannot go, but it's a limit that's very seldom mentioned. It's the point where free speech begins to collide with the right to privacy. I don't think there are any other conditions to free speech. I've got a right to say and believe anything I please, but I haven't got a right to press it on anybody else. .... Nobody's got a right to be a nuisance to his neighbors.