He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him.

The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.

The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.

Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.

So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot.

It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is life.

A touch of love makes everything better.

There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in expecting evil before it arrives?

To maintain the ability to admit and grow from our mistakes rather than let them defeat us represents best the inner strength of a people.

There are different forms of anarchy and different currents in it. I must, first say very simply what anarchy I have in view. By anarchy I mean first an absolute rejection of violence.

I keep some portion of my early gleam; Brokenly bright, like moonbeams on a river, It lights my life, a far illusive dream, Moves as I move, and leads me on forever.

I'm just trying to enjoy my moment, and I would like to enjoy it for a long time.

I don't feel old or young, I just am

Whatever your grade or position, if you know how and when to speak, and when to remain silent, your chances of real success are proportionately increased.

The difference between a top-flight creative man and the hack is his ability to express powerful meanings indirectly.