Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy

It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.

Today there were fear, hatred, and pain, but no dignity of emotion, no deep or complex sorrows.

Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.

The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his personality, and even then not all the time.

Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.

In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning.