People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.
I'm struck by how laughter connects you with people. It's almost impossible to maintain any kind of distance or any sense of social hierarchy when you're just howling with laughter. Laughter is a force for democracy.
Biggest enemy of great creative work? Consensus. Everyone agree?
Democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
Freedom is a pain in the ass.