The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.

People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite.

I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist.

Are we not all desperate one way or another?

I've always enjoyed poor health

The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.

It is inevitable, that eventually the people will demand absolute security from the state... And absolute security is absolute slavery.