The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.

A true libertarian supports free enterprise, opposes big business; supports local self-government, opposes the nation-state; supports the National Rifle Association, opposes the Pentagon.

The axiom of conditioned repetition, like the binomial theorem, is nothing but a piece of insolence.

James Joyce buried himself in his great work. _Finnegan's Wake_ is his monument and his tombstone. A dead end.

Suicide: Don't knock it if you ain't tried it.

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism. The best of both worlds.