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.

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

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

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.

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.