The purpose and function of government is not to preside over change but to prevent change. By political methods when unavoidable, by violence when convenient.

When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about.

The consolation of reading biography: Most great men have led lives even more miserable than our own.

Tee Vee football: one team wins, one team loses -- they tie -- who cares? And why?

Representative government has broken down. Our politicians represent not the people who vote for them but the commercial interests who finance their election campaigns. We have the best politicians that money can buy.

Nearly all of Latin America, from Chile to Mexico, is one long rack of torture. Financed, equipped, and refined by the U.S. government.

The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life forms. Love flowers best in openness and freedom.