Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.

To give life a meaning, one must have a purpose larger than self.

If we have never been amazed by the very fact that we exist, we are squandering the greatest fact of all.

When liberty exceeds intelligence, it begets chaos, which begets dictatorship.

Nature smiles at the union of freedom and equality in our utopias. For freedom and equality are sworn and everlasting enemies, and when one prevails the other dies.

War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy.

Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrified in the turbulence of change.