American laws don't work, but at least the laws of physics might work.

Anybody, at any time, may equally find himself victim or executioner.

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.

For the average American, freedom of speech is simply the freedom to repeat what everyone else is saying and no more.

Poor John Simon - what a nightmare, to wake up in the morning and realize that you are John Simon.

Whether you have an abortion, what you put in your own body, with whom you have sex - these are not affairs of the state. A government does not exist to control the citizens. When it does, it is a tyranny, and must be fought. The tree of liberty, Jefferson warned us, must be refreshed with the blood of tyrants and patriots.

One of the most fascinating aspects of politician-watching is trying to determine to what extent any politician believes what he says.