Source: Lady of Mazes (2005), Chapter 8 (p. 89).
“There are a lot of idiots in this country, and they deserve representation as much as the next man.”
Source: First Among Sequels
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FOX News interview http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353759,00.html with Bill O'Reilly, April 30, 2008.
Presidential campaign (January 20, 2007 – 2008)

“He loved his country as no other man has loved her; but no man deserved less at her hands.”
Epitaph of Philip Nolan in "The Man Without a Country" (1863)

“The idiots always rose to the top and made policy.
It explained a lot of things.”
Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Odyssey (2006), Chapter 22 (p. 200)

From interview with Anshul Chaturvedi

“Have you ever noticed that idiots have a lot of friends? It's just an observation.”
Source: I Am the Messenger

“Man the lifeboats. The idiots are winning.”
The Guardian, 7 April 2008, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/apr/07/education
Guardian columns
Press conference http://www.espnfc.com/team/united-states/660/blog/post/2657429/jurgen-klinsmann-under-scrutiny-after-bad-day-for-us (10 October 2015)
2010s, 2015

Final address (1973)
Context: I address the youth, those who sang and gave us their joy and their spirit of struggle. I address the man of Chile, the worker, the farmer, the intellectual, those who will be persecuted, because in our country fascism has been already present for many hours — in terrorist attacks, blowing up the bridges, cutting the railroad tracks, destroying the oil and gas pipelines, in the face of the silence of those who had the obligation to act.
They were committed. History will judge them.
Surely, Radio Magallanes will be silenced, and the calm metal instrument of my voice will no longer reach you. It does not matter. You will continue hearing it. I will always be next to you. At least my memory will be that of a man of dignity who was loyal to his country.