Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

When weblame, we give away our power.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.