The strength of even the strongest individual can always be overpowered by the many, who often will combine for no other purpose than to ruin strength precisely because of its peculiar independence.

The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.

A theology which is not based on revelation as a given reality but treats God as an idea would be as mad as a zoology which is no longer sure of the physical, tangible existence of animals.

It is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit guilt and to repent

every political structure, new or old, left to itself develops stabilizing forces which stand in the way of constant transformation and expansion. Therefore all political bodies appear to be temporary obstacles when they are seen as part of an eternal stream of growing power.

Generally speaking, violence always arises out of impotence. It is the hope of those who have no power.

War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.