... what is peculiar to our own age is the abandonment of the idea that history could be told truthfully.

Most people approve of capital punishment, but most people wouldn't do the hangman's job.

Power is not a means; it is an end.

History has to move in a certain direction, even if it has to be pushed that way by neurotics.

The tendency of advanced capitalism has been to enlarge the middle class and not to wipe it out, as it once seemed likely to do.

The Seven Commandments: Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. No animal shall wear clothes. No animal shall sleep in a bed. No animal shall drink alcohol. No animal shall kill any other animal. All animals are equal.

We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.