Ignore what a man desires and you ignore the very source of his power.

We are all captives of the picture in our head - our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

And the principle which distinguishes democracy from all other forms of government is that in a democracy the opposition not only is tolerated as constitutional but must be maintained because it is in fact indispensable.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

Once you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically determined collapses like a pricked balloon.

If all power is in the people, if there is no higher law than their will, and if by counting their votes, their will may be ascertained - then the people may entrust all their power to anyone, and the power of the pretender and the usurper is then legitimate. It is not to be challenged since it came originally from the sovereign people.