Being a victim is more palatable than having to recognize the intrinsic contradictions of one's own governing philosophy.

In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line.

Courage is being the only only one who knows how terrified you are.

What do I know about sex? I’m a married man.

Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.

Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.

No matter what you or anyone else does, there will be someone who says that there's something bad about it.