“Cynical realism—it's the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation”
“A man may accommodate himself to a disagreeable situation in a few months. The intolerable may take a little longer.”
“When all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude of the crime the best excuse for doing nothing. ”
“Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.”
“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.”
“Why' questions have little value, at best they get justifications or long explanations which do nothing to change the situation.”