“Successful democratic politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate appease bribe seduce bamboozle or otherwise manage to manipulate the demanding ...”

“Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism.”

“Life is an irreversible process and for that reason its future can never be a repetition of the past.”

“What a myth never contains is the critical power to separate its truth from its errors.”

“Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.”

“Never trust an Italian. The Nazis did that, and look where it got them.”

“Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.”

“Some people say my humor focuses too much on stereotypes. It doesn't. It focuses on facts.”

“Error is indeed our enemy, but it alone points to the truth and therefore deserves our respectful treatment.”

“It is obvious that the concept of truth has become suspect. Of course it is correct that is has been much abused. Intolerance and cruelty have occurred in the name of truth. To that extent people a...”

“Tolerance cannot seduce the young.”

“Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean.”

“Dont cry and dont rage. Understand.”

“The only way to heal yourself was to understand. Understand the love or the hate or the cowardice, or the impulsiveness, the lack of will of the one who hurt you--the circumstances that twisted the...”