My political ideal is democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

One can't teach a cat not to catch birds

Arrows of hate have been aimed at me too, but they have never hit me, because somehow they belonged to another world with which I have no connection whatsoever.

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.

Private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information. It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed in most cases quite impossible, for the individual citizen to come to objective conclusions and to make intelligent use of his political rights.

To be free means to be independent, not to be influenced by what others think and say.