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.

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

History is a tragedy, not a morality tale.

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

If you live long enough, you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had.

The only social justice movements worth fighting for are the struggles for justice where you lose, you lose, you lose- until you win.