Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.

The Vietnamese Hoa were merchants and manufacturers. They were very successful and thus, according to the logic of Marxism, responsible for society's failures. The Hoa suffered the same fate as the pizza parlour in Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing except at the hands of the world's fourth largest army instead of a small, petulant movie director.

It's much better to have your arguments dismissed because you might be joking than to have your arguments dismissed because you're not telling the truth.

We are a nation that worships speed and power. And for good reason. Without power we would still be part of England and everybody would be out of work... Bicycles are too slow and impuissant for a nation like ours. They belong in Czechoslovakia.

Good manners consist of doing precisely what everyone thinks should be done, especially when no one knows quite what that is.

Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit

This country is so urbanized we think low-fat milk comes from cows on Nutri/System weight-loss plans.