Society and the World

The only difference between Hitler and Bush is that Hitler was elected .

The first duty of a man is to think for himself.

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State... These two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State... These two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

The poor object to being governed badly, while the rich object to being governed at all.

The poor object to being governed badly, while the rich object to being governed at all.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied .

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are - the refuge of political and economic opportunist.

History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom .

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.

My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference.

My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference.

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.

Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies.