“It is remarkable that men, when they differ in what they think considerable, will be apt to differ in almost everything else; their difference begets contradiction; contradiction begets heat; heat quickly rises into resentment, rage, and ill-will; thus they differ in affections, as they differ in judgment.”
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“Tyrants preserve themselves by sowing fear and mistrust among the citizens by means of spies, by distracting them with foreign wars, by eliminating men of spirit who might lead a revolution, by humbling the people, and making them incapable of decisive action.”
“When a nation has allowed itself to fall under a tyrannical regime, it cannot be absolved from the faults due to the guilt of that regime.”
“There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.”
“All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law”
“Quackery gives birth to nothing; gives death to all things.”
“It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.”
“Violence is not completely fatal until it ceases to disturb us.”
“I wonder if heaven got a ghetto?”
“Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.”
“In regard to the philosophers, if they be true philosophers, i.e., lovers of truth, they should not be irritated that the earth moves. Rather, if they realize that they have held a false belief, they should thank those have shown them the truth; and if their opinion stands firm that the earth doesn't move, they will have reason to boast than be angered.”
“Never have anything to do with likes and dislikes. The absence of what one likes is painful, as is the presence of what one dislikes. Therefore don't take a liking to anything. To lose what one likes is hard, but there are no bonds for those who have no likes and dislikes. From preference arises sorrow, from preference arises fear, but he who is freed from preference has no sorrow and certainly no fear.”
“If you're looking for self-help, why would you read a book written by somebody else?”
“I hate intellectuals. They are from the top down. I am from the bottom up.”
“There's nothing left . . . but to get drunk.”
“Evolution shows that in the long run, if the superior mixes with the inferior, the product is halfway between, and inferior to what you started with in the original superior group - in other words, mongrelized.”
“The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury.”
“We didn't come here to set any fashions in music. We merely came to bring a much-needed touch of home to some lads who have been here a couple of years.”
“Luck and destiny are the excuses of the world's failures.”
“I don’t like the gringos at all. They are very boring and all have faces like unbaked rolls.”