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.

The point, as Marx saw it, is that dreams never come true.

They must remember that they are constantly on the run, and that the world's reality is actually expressed by their escape.

No argument can persuade me to like oysters if I do not like them. In other words, the disturbing thing about matters of taste is that they are not communicable.

Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses.

Bureaucracy, the rule of nobody.

The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.