The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and eternal punishment to buttress; you need a religion if you are terrified of de… - Gore Vidal

The period of Prohibition — called the noble experiment — brought on the greatest breakdown of law and order the United States has known until today. I think there is a lesson here. Do not regulate the private morals of people. Do not tell them what they can take or not take. Because if you do, they will become angry and antisocial and they will get what they want from criminals who are able to work in perfect freedom because they have paid off the police.

Half the American people never read a newspaper. Half never vote for President — the same half?

World events are the work of individuals whose motives are often frivolous, even casual.