Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

The comforter's head never aches.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

No strength within, no respect without.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.