Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

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.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Discord gives a relish to concord.