Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words.

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible.

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect all who seek it ... We should grant power over our affairs only to those who are reluctant to hold it and then only under conditions that increase that reluctance.

The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it.

Growth is limited by that necessity which is present in the least amount.