Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.

If the Communists win Europe and a large part of the world, it will not be because they know how to stir up discontent or how to infect people with hatred, but because they know how to preach hope.

Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.

It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

The individual's most vital need is to prove his worth, and this usually means an insatiable hunger for action. For it is only the few who can acquire a sense of worth by developing and employing their capacities and talents. The majority prove their worth by keeping busy.

Man's chief goal in life is still to become and stay human, and defend his achievements against the encroachment of nature.