A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

Given how few young people actually read the newspaper, it's a good thing they'll be reading a newspaper on a screen.

Religion is capable of driving people to such dangerous folly that faith seems to me to qualify as a kind of mental illness.