Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say that the distinguishing trait of powerful men is the psychotic certainty that people forget acts of infamy as easily as their parents birth

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.

To be great is to assume great concerns.

Whenever you hear the word "inevitable", watch out! An enemy of humanity has identified himself.

The war against Vietnam is only the ghastliest manifestation of what I'd call imperial provincialism, which afflicts America's whole culture-aware only of its own history, insensible to everything which isn't part of the local atmosphere.

Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say that the distinguishing trait of powerful men is the psychotic certainty that people forget acts of infamy as easily as their parents birth

You tell me your favorite novelists and I'll tell you whom you vote for, or whether you vote at all.