It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

It is not always wise to appear singular.

One, if one is sensible, blames government, not the servers of government, not those entangled in their governments.

The more wants a man has, the less freedom.

A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government.

My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer.

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.