As Brooks Adams put it, the sole problem of our ruling class is whether to coerce or to bribe the powerless majority.

The war against terror is like a war against dandruff. It's a metaphor. It's not about anything.

I think the Chinese will say the hell with you and pull their money out of the United States. That's the end of our wars.

I have never been particularly impressed by the self centered musings of my fellow writers.

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

Before the cards that one is dealt by life are the cards that fate has dealt: one's family.

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.