Marijuana is self-punishing. It makes you acutely sensitive, and in this world, what worse punishment could there be?

Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.

There's no telling what might have happened to our defense budget if Saddam Hussein hadn't invaded Kuwait that August and set everyone gearing up for World War II. Can we count on Saddam Hussein to come along every year and resolve our defense-policy debates? Given the history of the Middle East, it's possible.

The wonder is that communism lasted so long. But then again, modern poetry lasted a long time, too.

A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.

The Constitution is an equally forthright piece of work and quite succinct ... giving the complete operating instructions for a nation of 250 million people. The manual for a Toyota Camry, which only seats five, is four times as long.

The average IQ in America is—and this can be proven mathematically—average.