People donโt like to be lectured to, but if you can make them laugh, their defenses come down, and for the time being theyโve accepted whatever truth is embedded in your humor.
Paul KrassnerAs long as the government can arbitrarily decide which substances are legal and which are illegal, then those who remain behind bars for illegal substances are political prisoners
Paul KrassnerI had become an atheist at the age of thirteen, when atomic bombs were dropped on Japan.
Paul KrassnerThe more repression there is, the more need there is for irreverence toward those who are responsible for that repression. But too often sarcasm passes for irony, name-calling passes for insight, bleeped-out four-letter words pass for wit, and lowest-common-denominator jokes pass for analysis. Satire should have a point of view. It doesn't have to get a belly laugh. It does have to present criticism.
Paul Krassner