国家本质上是侵略性和扩张主义的，因为它们存在于一个无政府状态的国际体系中，没有更高的权威来约束它们。

"To write is to breathe, to live, to exist beyond the confines of time and space."

Leadership is about listening as much as it is about directing.

The more determinedly I exist, as myself, within the conditions of the time, the more clearly I shall hear the language of the past, the nearer I shall feel the breath of the centuries.

I think the best films are the ones that you can watch over and over again.

The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country.