If you have
ten thousand regulations
you destroy all respect for the law.

Reader, suppose you
were an idiot.
And suppose you were
a member of Congress.
But I repeat myself.

The trouble with this country
is that there are too many
politicians who believe,
with a conviction based on
experience, that you can fool
all of the people
all of the time.

The natural progress of things
is for liberty to yield
and governments to gain ground.

So long as a man rides his
hobbyhorse peaceably and quietly
along the King's highway,
and neither compels you or me
to get up behind him
—pray, Sir, what have either
you or I to do with it?

There ought to be one day
—just one—when there is
open season on senators.

I do not participate in any sport
with ambulances
at the bottom of a hill.

You may be sure
that the Americans
will commit all the stupidities
they can think of,
plus some
that are beyond imagination.

Politics, n. Strife of
interests masquerading as
a contest of principles.

I'm a bit of a
prude myself.

If you're looking for a role model,
you can't have someone
who is not physically fit.
Margaret Mead was a good role
model, but she may not have
looked good in a swimsuit.

Football combines
the two worst features
of American life:
violence and committee meetings.

Men become civilized,
not in proportion to
their willingness to believe,
but in their readiness
to doubt.

Of course, the last thing
my parents wanted
was a son who wears
a cocktail dress that glitters,
but they've come around to it.

I'm the Connie Francis
of rock 'n' roll.

The will of the people
is the only legitimate foundation
of any government,
and to protect its free expression
should be our first object.