A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart...

Human beings are better and lazier than their rules and instructions.

Not death itself, but only the moral preparation for it, holds terrors.

Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme.

Everyone is guilty of something or has something to conceal. All one has to do is look hard enough to find what it is.

Why should I trust you? We haven't drunk from the same bowl of soup.