"“The greatness of any nation lies in its fidelity to the constitution and adherence to the rule of law and above all respect to God,"

"Self-confidence is not pride. Just the contrary: only a person or a nation that is self-confident, in the best sense of the word, is capable of listening to others, accepting them as equals, forgiving…"

"“No set of questions is more fundamental to sociology than those about inequality—what is it, why is it, how does it come about, and what can we do to change it."

"There is a curious law of art...that even the attempt to reproduce the act of seeing, when carried out with sufficient energy, tends to lose its realism and take on the unnatural glittering intensity …"

"When ordinary people have a say in their own future, then your land can’t just be taken away from you."