I think pulling off, pulling off a kind of fake documentary of me being a, you know, actual dictator would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible.

We should try to create the society each of us would want if we didn't know in advance who we'd be.

The federal government is basically an insurance company with an army.

There are no atheists in foxholes and there are no libertarians in financial crises.

In our country, learned ignorance is on the rise.

Middle-class societies don't emerge automatically as an economy matures, they have to be CREATED through political action.

Debt is one person's liability, but another person's asset.

Rising inequality isn’t about who has the knowledge; it’s about who has the power.

I've never really done any interviews as myself.

I think in all small towns, all kinds of working-class communities around the world. They are kind of similar.

I don't know if I'm brave.

We say that "to let woman drive a car is like to let monkey fly a plane".

I enjoyed being anonymous.

Jews have a tendency to become comedians.

Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.

For a number of years in England, nobody had any idea what I looked like.

Thank you to every American who has not sued me so far.

To single out a particular group and say we can't make a joke about them is almost a form of prejudice and it's kind of patronizing.

Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Get plenty of exercises and maintain a healthy lifestyle.