For a lot of people, their first love is what they'll always remember. For me it's always been the first hate, and I think that hatred, though it provides often rather junky energy, is a terrific way of getting you out of bed in the morning and keeping you going.

A sure sign of ineptitude and malice is manifested when one's attacker is willing to cover himself with mud in order to try and make some of it adhere to his target.

Demands that you believe the impossible do not lead to peaceful outcomes.

The people who tend to raise antiwar slogans will do so generally when it's American or British interests involved.

No, nothing is sacred. And even if there were to be something called sacred, we mere primates wouldn't be able to decide which book or which idol or which city was the truly holy one. Thus, the only thing that should be upheld at all costs and without qualification is the right of free expression, because if that goes, then so do all other claims of right as well.

If waterboarding does not constitute torture, then there is no such thing as torture.

What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation.