To blame the poor for subsisting on welfare has no justice unless we are also willing to judge every rich member of society by how productive he or she is. Taken individual by individual, it is likely that there's more idleness and abuse of government favors among the economically privileged than among the ranks of the disadvantaged.
Norman MailerGreat hope has no real footing unless one is willing to face into the doom that may also be on the way. p.207
Norman MailerI do believe that America's deepest political sickness is that it is a self-righteous nation.
Norman MailerPeople who are greedy have extraordinary capacities for waste-they must, they take in too much.
Norman MailerIf only gravity were working, the path would be symmetrical, it is the wind resistance that produces the tragic curve.
Norman Mailer