We need to come out strong and stay strong, because at the end it didn't play out the way we wanted it to.

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.

Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

Never apologise for showing feeling. when you do so, you apologise for the truth.

Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed