What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded by the private orbits in which they live; their visions and their powers are limited.

A society that is in its higher circles and middle levels widely believed to be a network of smart rackets does not produce men with an inner moral sense; a society that is merely expedient does not produce men of conscience. A society that narrows the meaning of 'success' to the big money and in its terms condemns failure as the chief vice, raising money to the plane of absolute value, will produce the sharp operator and the shady deal. Blessed are the cynical, for only they have what it takes to succeed.

To accept opinions is to gain the good solid feeling of being correct without having to think.

The means of effective communication are being expropriated from the intellectual worker.

All politics is a struggle for power; the ultimate kind of power is violence.

My plans have always exceeded my capacities and energies

History is the shank of the social sciences.