"Terrorists have failed in what is arguably al Qaida's most important objective - to trigger revolutions."

“As a father ,supports his sons, so let the eldest support his younger brothers, and let them also in accordance with the law behave towards their eldest brother as sons ,behave.”

“Trouble makes us one with every human being in the world - and unless we touch others, we're out of touch with life.”

“It’s a little weird to have fans see pictures of us when we were little because it’s like, ‘Where’d you get that picture?’”

“I did not intend to write a funny book, at first. I did not know I was a humorist. I have never been sure about it. In the middle ages, I should probably have gone about preaching and got myself burnt or hanged.”

“I don't believe Spiro Agnew is a crook. If he was a crook, he'd still be in office.”

“We should not be confident in our ability to keep a super-intelligent genie locked up in its bottle forever.”

“It is the incompetent and the neglected artist who charges the public with ignorance, stupidity, and indifference. He raves loudly, but he is incomprehensible, even inarticulate, in his work.”

“Americans tend not to be too enthusiastic about having their taxes raised again....But if the American people aren't going to accept it, if the politicians don't have the courage to raise taxes, what are we facing down the road?”

Source : "A Brief History of the Media's Never-Ending Demand for Higher Taxes" by Rich Noyes, www.newsbusters.org. October 23, 2017.