We believe whatever we want to believe.
What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.