An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible.
It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.
Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.
The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.
In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known.
The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule – and both commonly succeed, and are right.
Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.