A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

On the steps of the Federal Building we ran into Carmencita Ibanez, a classmate of ours and one of the nice things about being a member of a race with two sexes.

Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered a capital crime. For a first offense, that is.

Decency is not news; it is buried in the obituaries - but it is a force stronger than crime.

The nice thing about citing god as an authority is that you can prove anything you set out to prove.

...revolutions are not won by enlisting the masses. Revolution is a science for the few who are competent to practice it. It depends on correct organisation and above all, on communications.