The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

When I see a new face, something sets off an alarm bell inside me. 'slow down! Danger!' Even when the attraction is strongest, I am on my guard.

Integrity has no need of rules.

To govern means to pillage, as everyone knows.

My dear friend, we mustn't give them even the slightest excuse to judge us! Otherwise, we end up in pieces.

Truth is not a virtue, but a passion. It is never charitable.

The world expects of Christians that they will raise their voices so loudly and clearly and so formulate their protest that not even the simplest man can have the slightest doubt about what they are saying. Further, the world expects of Christians that they will eschew all fuzzy abstractions and plant themselves squarely in front of the bloody face of history. We stand in need of folk who have determined to speak directly and unmistakably and come what may, to stand by what they have said.