Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
A multitude of laws in a country is like a great number of physicians, a sign of weakness and malady.
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
The hallmark of a free society is that I may totally disapprove of what you say, but I'll defend your right to say it until I die.
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.
The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.
The other thing that has changed - and this is more detailed to CPAC than the general Republican Party - is they have always been an outsider, Ann Coulter, sort of protest style, a little ruder than most Republicans. And this goes back all the way to [Ronald] Reagan.
The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father.
Comedy shows in D. C. are so much fun. I think because of the intense area that is connected to politics that people need, they need their down time. D. C. audiences are almost universally praised by comedians.