It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history of mankind stays with mankind as a potentiality long after its actuality has become a thing of the past.

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.

I'm completely against [feminism]. I have no desire to give up my privileges.

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.

The only grandeur of imperialism lies in the nation's losing battle against it.