“The important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself.”

“Presidents have absolutely gone against the will of Congress. Congress hasn't declared a war since December 7, 1941, and yet we've been at war ever since with somebody or other in order to justify ...”

“Ultimately, totalitarianism is the only sort of politics that can truly serve the sky-god's purpose. Any movement of a liberal nature endangers his authority and that of his delegates on earth. One...”

“As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election ...”

“As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days. ”

“There is something about the state putting the power to bully into the hands of subnormal, sadistic apes that makes my blood boil.”

“We do not want to old to be sharper than we. It is bad enough that they were there first, and got the best things.”

“I am afraid that as people grow old there is a tendency for them to believe that what the past *ought* to have been it was.”

“I am afraid that as people grow old there is a tendency for them to believe that what the past *ought* to have been it was.”

“The land of easy mathematics where he who works adds up and he who retires subtracts.”

“At the age of 45, most days in Tucson were spent feeling like I was on the summit of Mauna Kea, as I was exhibiting debilitating health symptoms that corresponded to what I saw at very high altitud...”

“The hour is only long thus, if you've waited.”