“I want to perceive and understand the hidden powers and laws of things, in order to have them in my power.”

“The less the mind understands and the more things it perceives, the greater its power of feigning is; and the more things it understands, the more that power is diminished.”

“Bush violated FISA [...] because he wanted to violate the law in order to establish the general 'principle' that he was not bound by the law, to show that he has the power to break the law, that he is more powerful than the law.”

“You've a right to believe that we're governed by Nature and the hidden Force within her. You can think that the gods, including my Melitele, are merely a personification of this power invented for simpletons so they can understand it better, accept its existence. According to you, that power is blind. But for me, Geralt, faith allows you to expect what my goddess personifies from nature: order, law, goodness. And hope.”

“Power makes all things right. That is my first law, and my last. That is the only law that I acknowledge.”

“The thing to keep in mind is that laws are framed by those who happen to be in power and for the purpose of keeping them in power.”