How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print. – Karl Kraus
Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots. – Karl Kraus
A woman occasionally is quite a serviceable substitute for masturbation. – Karl Kraus
The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it. – John Podhoretz