I am one day going to be working openly in the motion picture industry. When that day comes, I swear to you that I will never sign a term contract with any major studio.
Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people. It means that they can worship God in any way they feel right, and that includes Christians and Jews and voodoo doctors as well.
The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people.
The only interesting thing that can happen in a Swiss bedroom is suffocation by feather mattress.
Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.
One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you're obliged to act like one.
