Human Nature

"There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the …"

"He had one illusion — France; and one disillusion — mankind, including Frenchmen, and his colleagues not least."

"The shuffle only demonstrated people’s fatuous belief in a political cure for a human condition."

"Fascism denies that numbers, as such, can direct human society. It denies that numbers can govern by means of periodical consultations: It asserts the unavoidable fruitful and beneficent inequality of…"

"Everything is connected. Concern for the environment thus needs to be joined to a sincere love for our fellow human beings and an unwavering commitment to resolving the problems of society."

"I have a catchphrase to describe my plot-generation technique — "What's the worst possible thing I can do to these people?"

"Eratosthenes was the director of the great library of Alexandria, the Centre of science and learning in the ancient world. Aristotle had argued that humanity was divided into Greeks and everybody else…"

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."

"Roger: Uh no – that would be dangerous because they’re in my bedroom. People could get hurt. But no, I made shelves and it takes up a giant wall."

"Imagine how wicked society would be if the fear of God and the fear of civil law were both completely removed. Imagine if a man could rape and murder, with no concerns about being punished? That’s whe…"

"Taxes are not to be laid on the people but by their consent in person or by deputation."

"I'd like to live in a world in which happily married gay people have closets full of assault weapons to protect their pot."

"Our true Happiness will be when humanity begins to recognise the rights we owe to one another, when hatred turns to love."

"These values: compassion; solidarity; respect for each other - already exist in all our great religions. We can begin by reaffirming and demonstrating that the problem is not the Koran, nor the Torah …"

"In the next 25 years, the human race will have to decide whether or not to preserve the bestiary of Nature’s living masterpieces. Ashes and Snow is not meant to tell people to do some things and not t…"

"Would you really know what philosophy offers to humanity? Philosophy offers counsel."

"There is nothing so despicable as a secret society that is based upon religious prejudice and that will attempt to defeat a man because of his religious beliefs. Such a society is like a cockroach — i…"

"I believe that in the 20th century, humanity has learned from many, many experiences. Some positive, and many negative. What misery, what destruction! The greatest number of human beings were killed i…"

"Incarcerating people for their consumption choices has the consistency of arresting a survivor of suicide for attempted murder."

"The situation is clear. I trust in my ability, I trust in what I do and, if people put their trust in me, I will deliver for them."