It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
