Every law that was ever written opened up a new way to graft..

when faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you do understand, then look at it again..

The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire..

Belief gets in the way of learning..

English is the largest of human tongues, with several times the vocabulary of the second largest language -- this alone made it inevitable that Engli….

The shamans are forever yacking about their snake oil miracles. I prefer the real McCoy, a pregnant woman..

Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. Better illogical customs than none; men cannot live together without them..

Straining at gnats and swallowing camels is a required course in law schools..

My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up..

Responsibility cannot be shared..

A human being has no natural rights of any nature..

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so..

As it says in Bible, God fights on side of heaviest artillery..

Don't appeal to mercy to God the Father up in the sky, little man, because he's not at home and never was at home, and couldn't care less. What you d….

Humoring them costs nothing and adds to happiness in a world in which happiness is always in short supply..

Peace is an extension of war by political means. Plenty of elbow-room is pleasanter -- and much safer..

When the need arises - and it does - you must be able to shoot your own dog. Don't farm it out — that doesn't make it nicer, it makes it worse..

How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven..

Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed..

Rarest of all is the man who can and does reason at all times, quickly, accurately, inclusively, despite hope or fear or bodily distress, without ego….

By the data to date, there is only one animal in the Galaxy dangerous to man -- man himself. So he must supply his own indispensable competition. He ….