Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

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On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become...

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become...

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a...

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a...

It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one...

It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one...

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemmingway and not seen the joke?

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemmingway and not seen the joke?

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of...

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of...

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to...

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to...

Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's...

Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's...

One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we...

One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we...

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to...

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to...

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think...

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think...

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.

Religions sprang up among men to deal with the sometimes terrifying aspects of existence, to...

Religions sprang up among men to deal with the sometimes terrifying aspects of existence, to...

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time,...

Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time,...

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and...

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and...

Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them

Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them

If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest,...

If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest,...

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a...

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a...