The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion.

Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.

I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.

If an armed nation were a polite nation, America would be paradise. We have more than 200 million guns in private owernship here. But our manners are not getting better.

One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.

On the whole, I prefer not to be lectured on patriotism by those who keep offshore maildrops in order to avoid paying their taxes.

In city rooms and in the bars where newspeople drink, you can find out what's going on. You can't find it in the papers.