Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate. Get the rich, the greedy, the criminals, the stupid leader and so on ad nauseam.

Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words.

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.

Face your fears or they will climb over your back.

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.

I am not the river I am the net.

Since every individual is accountable ultimately to the self, the formation of that self demands our utmost care and attention.

Create or arouse such unbridled forces and you built carnal fantasies of enormous complexity. You could lead whole populations around by their desires, by their fantasy projections.

With a book he was regardless of time...

In order for you to insult me, I would first have to value your opinion.

Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men.

People always say it's a shame someone as talented as Ryan Giggs or George Best before him never played in a World Cup or European Championship and I don't want my name to be added to that list.

Senior members of the security establishment have not been entirely cooperative - let's put it that way - with the operations and still maintain contacts with FDLR leadership.

When the painter wishes to represent an event, he cannot place before us too great a number of personages; but he cannot employ too few when he wishes to portray an emotion.

Baby I'm a fool who thinks it's cool to fall in love

The way that I approach music has a bit of a sense of humor to it. Something slightly different that people can still relate to.

There's something great about all your worst fears coming true and being said about you. There's a tremendous liberation on some level.

Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.