The real alternative to power of the rich is not power of the poor. It's just plain power.

The purpose of a funeral service is to comfort the living. It is important at a funeral to display excessive grief. This will show others how kind-hearted and loving you are and their improved opinion of you will be very comforting.

I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime.

What use is it to endure the Dutch Rubs and Indian Rope Burns that are politics if you can't obtain mastery over people and give them noogies back?

In the American political system, you're only allowed to have real ideas if it's absolutely guaranteed that you can't win an election

Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.

It is very hard now to shock people into thinking about government regulation and the extent of government involvement in life.