“To refuse has so many more consequences than submitting.”
“There are many kinds of eyes. Even the sphinx has eyes - and consequently there are many kinds of 'truths,' and consequently there is no truth”
“One has so many more opinions about what has gone wrong than about what is perfect.”
“The devil has not vanished simply because people refuse to believe he exists, no more than God has...”
“It came down to so many factors: an underdog who refused to surrender, a presumed victor who refused to fight, disgruntled Democrats - on the left and right - who, by deserting their party, merely strengthened it, and fearful Republican farmers, who in the end, proved more farmer than Republican.”
“It is superstitious to put one's hope in formalities, but arrogant to refuse to submit to them.”