When war comes, reason is regarded as treason.

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

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.

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

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

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

History is a tragedy, not a morality tale.