“If you would know the political and moral condition of a people, ask as to the position of its women.”

Whether slaves or free, they reign, because their empire is that of the affections.

All our first movements are good, generous, heroical; reflection weakens and kills them.

In exalting the faculties of the soul, we annihilate, in a great degree, the delusion of the senses.

Whatever may be the laws and customs of a country, women always give the tone to morals.

It requires two indiscreet persons to institute a quarrel; one individual cannot quarrel alone.

It is very clear that one way to challenge insults is to submit to them.

Putin has had many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia.

When a company is able to establish a dominant market position, consumers lose meaningful choices.

At ‘SNL,’ I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in ’95, I could let my own beliefs out.

As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse.

Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose.

You might not like that Facebook shares your political opinions with Politico, but are you really going to delete all the photos, all the posts, all the connections – the presence you’ve spent years establishing on the world’s dominant social network?

The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it – politics – was important… that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.

That went for the writers, too; they all had their own political leanings, and everybody had a voice. But the voices were mostly critical. It was social commentary, after all.