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

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.