Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters.

Idiots are not responsible for what they do. The real guilt falls on rational people who sit on their hands while morons run wild. You can opt out if you want to. Play it safe. But if you do, don't complain when the roof comes down.

The secret to a successful career in virtually any field is good public relations. Forget results. Forget the facts. Perception is all that matters.

... the truth is that when your people don't tell you what you need to know, it's a failure of leadership.

It can provide horrendous weapons to idiots.

The real problem has to do with the inability by people to admit that a position they've held a long time might be wrong. That's all. Not that it is. Just that it might be. I don't know why it is, but we tend to fall in love with things we believe, Threaten them, and you threaten us.

An optimist is somebody who thinks our various political and social systems, schools and churches, support groups and Boy Scout troops, jury trials and congressional committees, are on the up-and-up. That they are intended for the benefit of the members. The reality is that they are designed to keep everyone in line.