The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.

When you're young, you get blamed for crimes that you didn't commit. When you are old, you get credit for virtues that you never had. I guess it all evens out in the end.

All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.

Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie.

All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out.

The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.

The fault I find with most American newspapers is not the absence of dissent. it is the absence of news. With a dozen or so honorable exceptions, most American newspapers carry very little news. Their main concern is advertising.