An ideal and flawless freedom, "complete freedom", enabling without disabling, is I believe an oxymoron in metaphysics as much as it is an unreachable goal in social life.

You judge a society by the decency of living of the weakest

Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.

Unlike 'real relationships', 'virtual relationships' are easy to enter and to exit. They look smart and clean, feel easy to use, when compared with the heavy, slow-moving, messy real stuff.

Questioning the ostensibly unquestionable premises of our way of life is arguably the most urgent of services we owe our fellow humans and ourselves.

For one to be free there must be at least two.

You are a stranger, I am a stranger, we all remain strangers, and nevertheless we can like or even love each other.

The rationality of the ruled is always the weapon of the rulers.

We belong to talking, not what talking is about... Stop talking - and you are out. Silence equals exclusion.

The task for sociology is to come to the help of the individual. We have to be in service of freedom. It is something we have lost sight of.

The value of other people is that they have something unique to offer.

Girls are scary. Large groups of girls scare the crap out of me.

These were honoured in their generations and were the glory of the times.

Most of my career has been in sales. I spend 50% or more of my time with customers and employees, and I can't wait for it to be more than 50%.

Winston [Churchill] is the only remaining specimen of a real Tory.

Anathematization of the world is not an adequate response to the world.

And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

An ancient father says that a dog we know is better company than a man whose language we do not understand.

Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn't work.

It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.