Humor is the mask of wisdom.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back

The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.

In this country, you never pull the emergency brake, even when there is an emergency. It is imperative that the trains run on schedule.

A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.

Today's Communism can survive only if it abandons the myth of an infallible party, if it continues to think, and if it becomes democratic.

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.