"Nor am I ashamed, as some are,..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.”

“Friendship is given us by nature, not to favor vice, but to aid virtue.”

“For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.”

“All that was required of them (i.e. the brain-washed masses) was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working hours or shorter rations. And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because, being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances. The larger evils invariably escaped their notice.”

“If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.”

“Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.”

“If Britain were honest, which I dispute, she would then embrace all nations on terms of equality.”

“The challenge today is to convince people of the value of truth, honesty, compassion and a concern for others.”

“I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart”