Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
Why this cult of wilderness?... because we like the taste of freedom; because we like the smell of danger.
Running the big rapids is like sex: half the fun lies in the anticipation. Two thirds of the thrill with the approach. The remainder is only ecstasy-or darkness.
Reason has seldom failed us because it has seldom been tried.
Nearly all of Latin America, from Chile to Mexico, is one long rack of torture. Financed, equipped, and refined by the U.S. government.