No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

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.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

A person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.