The ethic of conviction and the ethic of responsibility are not opposites. They are complementary to one another.

In a democracy the people choose a leader in whom they trust. Then the chosen leader says, 'Now shut up and obey me.' People and party are then no longer free to interfere in his business.

The decisive means for politics is violence.

The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world.

A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence.

Politics means striving to share power or striving to influence the distribution of power, either among states or among groups within a state.

Nothing is worthy of man as man unless he can pursue it with passionate devotion.

All knowledge of cultural reality, as may be seen, is always knowledge from particular points of view.

Power is the chance to impose your will within a social context, even when opposed and regardless of the integrity of that chance.

Man does not by nature wish to earn more and more money.

It is not true that good can follow only from good and evil only from evil, but that often the opposite is true.

It is necessary to analyze all the restricting beliefs and complexes, which we acquired in childhood, from family, school and society

Protesting is never a disturbance of the peace. Corruption, injustice, war and intimidation are disturbances of the peace.

There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.

You know, young actors say all the time, 'Should I use my own life experience?' And my response is, 'What choice do you have?'

Because they dream so strongly in themselves, their superiority and women's inferiority, they project an image that a woman finds very, very difficult to fight against.

I enjoy photographing. It's always interesting, so I can't say one thing is more fun than another. Everything has it's own difficulties.

I sort of feel sorry for the next man who gets me. I may just kill him with passion. He'd better be strong and have a good heart!

My whole family was very supportive of my choice in a career. I started playing music when I was about 6 years old.

Life, to me personally, I believe it is a finite thing, my consciousness, and I want to use it as much as possible.

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much. Lady, as you are mine, I am yours: I give away myself for you and dote upon the exchange.