Eric Hoffer

A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.

To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.

I am really rather like a beautiful Jersey cow, I have the same pathetic droop to the corners of my eyes.

Once a year my back will go out and it'll be... it's like a sciatic thing and it's the smallest thing. Like I could be leaning over the sink to brush my teeth in a weird way and it happens.

A sagging economy, a soaring national debt, and an increasingly restive Congress pushed Obama to order troop reductions that are both deeper and faster than recommended by his military commanders.