“I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the Manhattan phone book than the entire faculty of Harvard.”

“I would sooner be governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than by the two thousand members of the faculty of Harvard.”

“I am obliged to confess I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University.”

“The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.”

“The loneliness of flight is not entirely overwhelmed by cabin movies, the drinks, the Gemütlichkeit of shoulder-to-shoulder life.”

“I would like to take you seriously but to do so would affront your intelligence.”

“I had much more fun criticizing than praising.”