If I am not what you say I am, then you are not who you think you are.

If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.

Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.

He may be a very nice man. But I haven't got the time to figure that out. All I know is, he's got a uniform and a gun and I have to relate to him that way. That's the only way to relate to him because one of us may have to die.

History is not a procession of illustrious people. It's about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about.

Whoever debases others is debasing himself.