My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. 'Something cannot emerge from nothing,' he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable 'the truth' can be.

You see, gentlemen, they have something to die for. They've discovered they're a people. They're awakening.

Sympathy for the enemy -- a weakness of police and armies alike. Most perilous are the unconscious sympathies directing you to preserve your enemy intact because the enemy is your justification for existence.

Intelligence takes chances with limited data in an arena where mistakes are not only possible but also necessary.

In my estimation, more misery has been created by reformers than by any other force in human history.

... motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches.

What do such machines really do? They increase the number of things we can do without thinking. Things we do without thinking-there’s the real danger.