By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.... From television, the child will read more

By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.... From television, the child will have learned how to pick a lock, commit a fairly elaborate bank holdup, prevent wetness all day long, get the laundry twice as white, and kill people with a variety of sophisticated armaments.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

We [Americans] are the lavishest and showiest and most luxury-loving people on the earth; and at our masthead we fly read more

We [Americans] are the lavishest and showiest and most luxury-loving people on the earth; and at our masthead we fly one true and honest symbol, the gaudiest flag the world has ever seen.

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, read more

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to "the common good", but by the productive genius of free men read more

America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to "the common good", but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes

America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be read more

America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.

"If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.

"If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I read more

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.

About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with read more

About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.