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.

Plurality of languages: [...] It is crucial 1. that there are many languages and that they differ not only in vocabulary, but also in grammar, and so in mode of thought and 2. that all languages are learnable.

Luck serves ... as rationalization for every people that is not master of its own destiny.

The conflict between art and politics... cannot and must not be solved.

Thinking does not lead to truth; truth is the beginning of thought.

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

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.