The mob that hails the man on horseback, the Caesars and conquering heroes, does not retain its freedoms for long.

Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.

Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.

To silence criticism is to silence freedom.

I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its literature.

The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists.

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

The difference between science and religion is that the former wishes to get rid of mysteries whereas the latter worships them.

Nonetheless, it still remains true that as a set of cognitive beliefs, religious doctrines constitute a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low order of probability.

In contrast to totalitarianism, democracy can face and live with the truth about itself.

Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.

It's much easier to not know things sometimes. Things change and friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody.

Struggle of power is natural in human because with power their individuality prevails over others.

French intellectuals are mostly petit bourgeois, and it's hard to say whether that makes [Albert] Camus' work more valuable.

Take these chances Place them in a box until a quieter time Lights down, you up and die

Love is being accepting of all of their flaws.

It's been so long since I was in a real fight.

It is of the essence of imaginative culture that it transcends the limits both of the naturally possible and of the morally acceptable.

How did you feel feeding doughnuts to a horse? Had a kick out of it, huh? Got a big laugh. Did you ever think of feeding doughnuts to a human being? No!

What I've tried to do in politics is two very simple things: tell the truth and do what I said I would do.

If you allow a political catchword to go on and grow, you will awaken some day to find it standing over you, arbiter of your destiny, against which you are powerless.