Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.

You can't write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.

In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.

The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.

Writers can't write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.

What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture 'tis to flee it.

From the start it has been the theatre's business to entertain people ... it needs no other passport than fun.