The most active people in the country know different things, and because each one tends to hear mostly and deal mostly with people with whom they agree, they are reinforced not simply in the conviction that they are right, which is totally appropriate, but that they are the majority. So you have both sides, the Left and the Right, thinking that the majority of the country is really with them.

The best antidote to prejudice is reality.

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.

Particularly marijuana, I think is a great hypocrisy. I think frankly it contributes to a good deal of the sense of unfairness you have among younger people who are told they shouldn't do this because it’s got all these negative effects, but then older people are engaging in all kinds of things that probably have a greater impact on people.

For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress.

Ridicule is about the most powerful weapon possible.

I smoke a cigar or two a day. I did have a brownie once. It made me sleepy.