An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

Every Congressman, every Senator knows precisely what causes inflation... but can't, [won't] support the drastic reforms to stop it [repeal of the Federal Reserve Act] because it could cost him his job.

Evolution is a process that never stops. Baboons who fail to exhibit moral behavior do not survive; they wind up as meat for leopards.

Humoring them costs nothing and adds to happiness in a world in which happiness is always in short supply.

To assess the intelligence of a committee, divide the IQ of its stupidest member by the number of members.

Never try to outstubborn a cat.

English is the largest of human tongues, with several times the vocabulary of the second largest language -- this alone made it inevitable that English would eventually become, as it did, the lingua franca of this planet, for it is thereby the richest and most flexible -- despite its barbaric accretions . . . or, I should say, because of its barbaric accretions. English swallows up anything that comes its way, makes English out of it.