There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best.

The most remarkable development of the last quarter of the twentieth century has been the revelation of enormous weaknesses at the core of the world's seemingly strong dictatorships.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.

实现明天理想的唯一限制是我们今天的疑虑。