We have the right to our own opinions, but not our own facts.

Irresponsibility breeds irresponsibility. The finances of government are so central. You'd think that would be pretty obvious.

Pandaemonium was inhabited by creatures quite convinved that the great Satan had their best interests at heart. Poor little devils.

The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.

When a person goes to a country and finds their newspapers filled with nothing but good news, he can bet there are good men in jail.

Secrecy is for losers. For people who do not know how important the information really is.

Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers of government agencies to do good.