a problem that presents itself as a dilemma carries an unfortunate prescription: to argue instead of act.

This is the power of the powerful to define, to structure, to say, 'This is the way the world works.' It's enormous power. Among the powers of the weak, I think the first one is the power not to believe the powerful.

Can one consider controversy without falling into it?

Powerful people get away with things. That's one way to demonstrate their difference from the rest of us.

We put up with a lot to be saved from chaos. We always have.

If every nation gets the government it deserves, every generation writes the history which corresponds with its view of the world.

Love between women is seen as a paradigm of love between equals, and that is perhaps its greatest attraction.