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 general difference between conservatives and liberals is that liberals like pretty pictures and conservatives like to build bridges that people can drive across.

The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that.

That's the ultimate pornography. There's nothing more pornographic than glorifying war.

Life was such a strange thing, so permanent when one had it, so fleeting when it was lost- and those who lost it could never tell you what it was like, could they?

Success will ruin your life.

I am a politician which means I am a liar and a crook. When I am not kissing babies I am stealing their lollypops.