There's no such thing as morality.
As government expands, liberty contracts.
Lying is a thriving vocation.
Religions are the cradles of despotism.
Mathematics is written for mathematicians.
There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
To have a body is to suffer.
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
Beauty is the greatest seducer of man.
Beauty is the lover's gift.
Whaling was the oil business of its day.
The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.
Writing is a lonely business.
Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business.
Government is not show business.
No one likes change but babies in diapers.
Democracy is an abuse of statistics.
I don't like government, it's just that simple.
I had a 20-year, stellar government career.
Government actually grew during the Reagan years.
The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
