“Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.”
“Kindness is not an illusion and violence is not a rule. The true resting state of human affairs is not represented by a man hacking his neighbor into pieces with a machete. That is a sick aberration. No, the true state of human affairs is life as it ought to be lived.”
“The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.”
“As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does it matter to me?" the State may be given up for lost.”
“It became obvious that you had to be a feminist because it was such a ridiculous state of affairs.”
“It’s a sad state of affairs when I’m the one bringing sanity to the equation”