Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.

Smoking cigarettes seems to alarm peace activists much more than voting for Reagan does.

Automobiles are free of egotism, passion, prejudice and stupid ideas about where to have dinner. They are, literally, selfless. A world designed for automobiles instead of people would have wider streets, larger dining rooms, fewer stairs to climb and no smelly, dangerous subway stations.

Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.

Where self-interest is violently suppressed, it is replaced by a burdensome system of bureaucratic control which dries up the wellsprings of initiative and creativity.

Each child is biologically required to have a mother. Fatherhood is a well-regarded theory, but motherhood is a fact.

Whenever people tell you they are going to wipe the slate clean, it's your slate they mean to wipe.