A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.

We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.

Rudeness is the weak man's limitation of strength.

Resistance, whether to one's appetites or to the ways of the world, is a chief factor in the shaping of character.

There is a time when the word "eventually" has the soothing effect of a promise, and a time when the word evokes in us bitterness and scorn.

The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these internal persuaders.

In an adequate social order, the untalented should be able to acquire a sense of usefulness and of growth without interfering with the development of talent around them