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

I don't think I'll ever be a real boat reporter. My Rolex isn't big enough.

Political systems must love poverty-they produce so much of it. Poor people make easier targets for a demagogue. No Mao or even Jiang Zemin is likely to arise on the New York Stock Exchange floor. And politicians in democracies benefit from destitution, too. The US has had a broad range of poverty programs for 30 years. Those programs have failed. Millions of people are still poor. And those people vote for politicians who favor keeping the poverty programs in place. There's a conspiracy theory in there somewhere.

God has no role to play in politics except to make sure politicians go where they belong. To hell.

America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased.

Think about last time you were broke ... now how well did it go with spending your way out of it? Did that work?

All lies are told with a straight face. It is truth that's said with a dismissive giggle.