What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error.

Despotism has so often been established in the name of liberty that experience should warn us to judge parties by their practices rather than their preachings.

Foreknowledge of the future makes it possible to manipulate both enemies and supporters.

In a way, all sociologists are akin to Marxists because of their inclination to settle everyone's accounts but their own.

In writing if it takes over 30 minutes to write the first two paragraphs select another subject.

Skepticism cannot be revolutionary, even though it speaks the language of revolution.

Peace is impossible, war is improbable.