And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind is closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and do it gladly so.

People readily believe what they want to believe.

I believe that the members of my family must be as free from suspicion as from actual crime.

Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

If I fail it is only because I have too much pride and ambition.

Beer ... a high and mighty liquor.

It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.