Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.

CNN is one of the participants in the war. I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected president but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.

—Arthur C. Clarke

At the present rate of progress, it is almost impossible to imagine any technical feat that cannot be achieved—if it can be achieved at all—within the next few hundred years.

—Arthur C. Clarke

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

—Arthur C. Clarke

It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars.

—Arthur C. Clarke

There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.

—Arthur C. Clarke

You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.

—Unknown

An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.

—Whoopi Goldberg

There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.

—Simon Cameron

He has been called a mediocre man; but this is unwarranted flattery. He was a politician of monumental littleness.

—Richard M. Nixon

The two parties which divide the state, the party of Conservatism and that of Innovation, are very old, and have disputed the possession of the world ever since it was made.

—Richard M. Nixon