There are many great authors of the past who have survived centuries of oblivion and neglect, but it is still an open question whether they will be able to survive an entertaining version of what they have to say.

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes.

Legitimacy, when challenged, bases itself on an appeal to the past, while justification relates to an end that lies in the future. Violence can be justifiable, but it never will be legitimate.

The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any.

To speak of the impotence of power is no longer a witty paradox.

Conscience is the anticipation of the fellow who awaits you if and when you come home.

This inability to think created the possibility for many ordinary men to commit evil deeds on a gigantic scale, the like of which had never been seen before. The manifestation of the wind of thought is not knowledge but the ability to tell right from wrong, beautiful from ugly. And I hope that thinking gives people the strength to prevent catastrophes in these rare moments when the chips are down.