People need to be fed, medicated, educated, clothed, and sheltered, and if we're compassionate we'll help them, but you get no moral credit for forcing other people to do what you think is right. There is great joy in helping people, but no joy in doing it at gunpoint.
Penn JilletteWhen you tell other people to do stuff they don't know how to do, they tend to freak out.
Penn JilletteI was about 12 when I heard my first Lenny Bruce record. He was already dead. But it changed my life and really did change the world.
Penn JilletteMy parents were teetotalers and my grandparents were - it's all the way back. It's New English puritanical tradition.
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