The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.

The smaller the mind, the greater the ego.

Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.

Wars are begun by frightened men.

Once you stop believing in Santa Claus, the whole world just goes downhill.

There is a long and honorable tradition of citizens in service to their nation that goes back at least as far as Cincinnatus, the Roman citizen who, more than once answered his country's call, then returned to his farm and his family and his work.

America is the most inventive country in the world. Why? Because everybody has access to information. In the Soviet Union it was illegal to take a photograph of a train station. Look what happened to them.