A modern gentleman [rich person] is necessarily the enemy of his country. Even in war he does not fight to defend it, but to prevent his power of preying on it from passing to a foreigner.

It is very doubtful whether man is enough of a political animal to produce a good, sensible, serious and efficient constitution. All the evidence is against it.

Heartbreak is life educating us.

This is my father. Try what you can with him! He won't listen to me, because he remembers what a fool I was when I was a baby.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal living conditions on this earth?

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.