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When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.

People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven’t got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom.

There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it’s only a hundred billion. It’s less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.

You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.

Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn’t mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.

Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle.

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.