Paul Valéry

“Politics is the art of stopping people from minding their own business”. –Paul Valéry

Thomas Carlyle

“Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-canceling business; and it gives in the long run a net result of zero”. –Thomas Carlyle

Yves Saint Laurent

“Fashions fade, style is eternal”. –Yves Saint Laurent

Steve Allen

“Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances”. –Steve Allen