"It is entirely possible to win against the enemy, it is possible, even, to kill the enemy... and still be defeated by the battle."

"Autocracy is based on the assumption that one man is wiser than a million men. Let's play that over again too. Who decides?"

"Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves."

"I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane."

"Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings."

"Become a fixer, not just a fixture."

"The freedom of all is essential to my freedom."

"Many things are worse than defeat,and compromise with evil is one of them."

"To ask for advice is in nine cases out of ten to ask for flattery."

"This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live."

"To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something."

"The major concrete achievement of the women's movement of the 1970's was the Dutch treat."