I don't see evidence of America being a poorer country than it was 20 years ago. I've seen impoverished devastation. I've seen places where things had been good and now they were very bad.

Fishing... is a sport invented by insects and you are the bait.

The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.

Not being a liberal, I have very little grasp of things that I know nothing about.

There are twenty-seven specific complaints against the British Crown set forth in the Declaration of Independence. To modern ears they still sound reasonable. They still sound reasonable, in large part, because so many of them can be leveled against the federal government of the United States.

In Western Australia they don't even know how to make that vital piece of sailboating equipment, the gin and tonic.

Humor is a terrific tool for explaining things, especially when what you're explaining is frightening or dull and complicated.