The first principle of a civilized state is that power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

People who are tremendously concerned about their identification, their individuality, their self-expression, or their sense of humor, always seem to be missing the very things they pursue.

The man who raises new issues has always been distasteful to politicians. He musses up what had been so tidily arranged.

The common interests very largely elude public opinion entirely, and can be managed only by a specialised class.

In a place where everybody thinks alike, nobody thinks very much.

Great men, even during their lifetime, are usually known to the public only through a fictitious personality.

To understand is not only to pardon, but in the end to love.