One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.
If you're not going to use your free speech to criticise your own government, then what the hell is the point of having it.
The biggest problem with democracy is that the weight of a vote is not determined by the degree of the voter's intelligence, ignorance, or stupidity.
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.
Today, the greatest threat of extinction we face is not asteroids or climate change or disease or famine. It's society's refusal to heed the warnings of scientists.
The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.
When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt but protects the corrupt from you - you know your nation is doomed.
Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
