Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people.

The great difficulty about keeping the Ten Commandments is that no man can keep them and be a gentleman.

[Art is] an attempt to escape from life.

Hygiene is the corruption of medicine by morality.

Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.

God is a Republican, and Santa Claus is a Democrat.

The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth... Liberty is not a thing for the great masses of men. It is the exclusive possession of a small and disreputable minority, like knowledge, courage and honor. It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty - and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies.