We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.

Communists are frustrated capitalists.

It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.

When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.

The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.