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" Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information. "

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" When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace. "

" Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of benevolence or self-interested enough to work hard at them for money. "

" In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated. "

" There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected; that's when he doesn't forget them. "

" When thugs by nature meet thugs by political conviction, 5-0 is not surprising. "

" The slogan was 'Don't trust anyone over thirty'. Sixty years later the slogan became, 'Don't trust anyone over ninety'. "

" We modern Marxists regard socialism as a historically brief transitional stage between feudalism and capitalism, necessary only in backward countries. "

" Hard distinctions make bad philosophy. "

" An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice. "

" A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by its arguments, will shoot someone or, more likely, order someone shot. "

" If I owned Marseilles and Hell, I'd rent out Marseilles and live in Hell. "

" Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side. "

" Committing genocide on behalf of an institution generates greater loyalty to it than merely getting people fired from their jobs on its behalf. "

" Compassion is contempt with a human face. "

" A declining institution often experiences survival of the unfittest. "

" The peace movement is a great force for peace. Some of the world's most quarrelsome people act out their aggressions through the peace movement. "

" Honor among thieves is the ancestor of all honor. "

" Once a person has killed other people on behalf of an ideology, he becomes rather devoted to it. "

" Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more. "

" My hobby of not attending meetings about recycling saves more energy than your hobby of recycling. "

" With no more than six levels of misquotation, any statement can be made to say whatever you wish. "

" Self-righteousness has killed more people than smoking. "

" Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig. "

" His ambition is to be the spider in the World Wide Web. "

" Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance. "

" The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is 'forbidden', whereas to a socialist the most beautiful word is 'compulsory'. "

" It is said that man doesn't live by bread alone. Sometimes this is unfortunate, because people who cannot live by bread alone too often kill other people in consequence of the fights they get into. "

" He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense. "

" My opinion is that he's a swindler and you're a sucker. "

" Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists. "