The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
