The Nuremberg Trial of the German war criminals was tacitly based on the recognition of the principle: criminal actions cannot be excused if committed on government orders; conscience supersedes the authority of the law of the state.

You believe in a god that plays dice; I believe in law & order.

I do not much believe in education. Each person ought to be his or her own model, however frightful that may be.

Despite my being an old gypsy there is a tendency to respectability inherent in old age.

As an elderly man, I have remained estranged from the society here.

Between the difficulties, one hides the opportunity

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.