There is nothing that an intellectual less likes to change than his mind, or a politician his policy.

A curious reversal in the locus of moral concern has taken place: people feel responsible for everything except for what they do.

Orders can be benign or malign, but the habit of obeying them can become ingrained.

Equality of Ugliness: If we can't all live in a beautiful place we must all live in an ugly place.

The need always to lie and always to avoid the truth stripped everyone of what Custine called 'the two greatest gifts of God-the soul and the speech which communicates it.' People became hypocritical, cunning, mistrustful, cynical, silent, cruel, and indifferent to the fate of others as a result of the destruction of their own souls.

The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose and for someone else to pay when things go wrong.

How many people does each of us know who claim to seek happiness but freely choose paths inevitably leading to misery?