Being a victim is more palatable than having to recognize the intrinsic contradictions of one's own governing philosophy.

About forty percent of the people vote Democrat. About forty percent vote Republican. Of those eighty percent, most wouldn't change their votes if Adolf Hitler was running against Abe Lincoln - or against FDR. . . . That leaves twenty percent of the people who swing back one way or another . . . the true independents. . . . That twenty percent controls the destiny of the country.

Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?

Fighting wars is not so much about killing people as it is about finding things out. The more you know, the more likely you are to win a battle.

Wars are begun by frightened men.

Giving your book to Hollywood is like turning your daughter over to a pimp.

The Good of the People was a laudable enough goal, but in denying a man's soul, an enduring part of his being, Marxism stripped away the foundation of human dignity and individual value. It also cast aside the objective measure of justice and ethics which, he decided, was the principal legacy of religion to civilized life.