It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.

The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.

All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.

It is always safe to assume that people are more subtle and less sensitive than they seem.

The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others.

For men to plunge headlong into an undertaking of vast change, they must be intensely discontented yet not destitute, and they must have the feeling that by the possession of some potent doctrine, infallible leader or some new technique they have access to a source of irresistible power.

The education explosion is producing a vast number of people who want to live significant, important lives but lack the ability to satisfy this craving for importance by individual achievement. The country is being swamped with nobodies who want to be somebodies.