Religion Is Excellent Stuff For Keeping Common

Pure Politics Is Merely The Calculus Of Combinations And Of Chances.

It Is Rare That A Legislature Reasons. It Is Too Quickly Impassioned.

We May Stop Ourselves When Going Up, Never When Coming Down.

There Are Only Two Forces That Unite Men - Fear And Interest. All Great Revolutions Originate In Fear, For The Play Of Interests Does Not Lead To Accomplishment.

Among So Many Conflicting Ideas And So Many Different Perspectives, The Honest Man Is Confused And Distressed And The Skeptic Becomes Wicked ... Since One Must Take Sides, One Might As Well Choose The Side That Is Victorious, The Side Which Devastates, Loots, And Burns. Considering The Alternative, It Is Better To Eat Than To Be Eaten.