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Kingdom of Fear

Hunter S. Thompson

Quotes

  1. I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.

  2. I understand that fear is my friend, but not always. Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.

  3. The only difference between the Sane and the Insane, is IN and yet within this world, the Sane have the power to have the Insane locked up.

  4. All political power comes from the barrel of either guns, pussy, or opium pipes, and people seem to like it that way.

  5. We are like pygmies lost in a maze of haze. We are not at war, we are having a nervous breakdown,again.

  6. Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of fuel. Sentimental people call it inspiration, but what they really mean is fuel. I have always needed fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio.

  7. The only ones left with any confidence at all are the New Dumb. It is the beginning of the end of our world as we knew it. Doom is the operative ethic.

  8. Paranoia is just another word for ignorance.

  9. Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.

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