Errol Flynn Quotes

Democrats' definition of 'rich' - always seems to be set just above whatever the salary happens to be for a member of Congress. Perhaps that says it all.

The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.

I believe in censorship when it benefits me.

A newspaper that you're not reading can be used for anything; and the same people didn't think it was immoral to wrap their garbage in newspaper.

Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others.

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.

Republicans say they don't believe in government. Sure they do. They believe in government to help themselves and their powerful friends.

Everybody is a hypocrite. You can't live on this planet without being a hypocrite.

The very men to whom the whole country looks to set an example …to accept … the personal inconvenience, are doing exactly the reverse …. They are cackling like wet hens to hold their special privilege.

Everybody's out there to make a case and sometimes a little hypocrisy gets involved with that case.

If they chased every man or woman out of this town who has shacked up with somebody else or got drunk, there wouldn't be any government left in Washington.

Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.

Most corporations are against socialism except when it comes to benefits for themselves

Our modern politicians … claim that they are too practical to be pure and too patriotic to be moral.

Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another.

…our friend who was for protecting every other nation except his own.

The punters [gamblers] know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race.

With some notable exceptions, businessmen favor free enterprise in general but are opposed to it when it comes to themselves.

What most men call their conscience is imaginary virtue switching left or right according to self-interest.

The volunteer military has always been most enthusiastically, even devoutly, embraced by those who would not themselves dream of volunteering - or of encouraging their children to do so.

I am not biased against the rich because they are rich, but the most lively people are those without money who would like to have some

You see, among men who are honored with the common appellation ogentleman, many contradictions to that character.

We all give ourselves a lot of leeway, but we want consistency from other people.

Those who are fond of setting things to rights, have no great objection to seeing them wrong.

The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values.