Should one point out that from ancient times decline in courage has been considered the beginning of the end?

Macbeth's self-justifications were feeble - and his conscience devoured him. Yes, even Iago was a little lamb too. The imagination and the spiritual strength of Shakespeare's evildoers stopped short at a dozen corpses. Because they had no ideology.

The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.

Scientific research? Only when not at the cost of ethics-and first of all, those of the researchers themselves.

The most intense patriotism always flourishes in the rear.

It was wrong to be too pragmatic, to judge people solely by results; it was more humane to judge by intentions.

The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.