History is a tragedy, not a morality tale.

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.

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.

The arms race is based on an optimistic view of technology and a pessimistic view of man. It assumes there is no limit to the ingenuity of science and no limit to the deviltry of human beings.

When war comes, reason is regarded as treason.

The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer.