"The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection."

"The best books, he perceived, are those that tell you what you know already."

"The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history."

"The word 'socialism' has been so twisted and distorted that it means almost nothing."

"One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that: no ordinary man could be such a fool."