“Whether a man is a criminal or a public servant is purely a matter of perspective.”
“Whether a dandelion is a weed or a flower is entirely a matter of perspective.”
“There is no such thing as "the right to enslave".A nation can do it , just as a man can become a criminal - but neither can do it by right. It doesn't matter in this context, whether a nation was enslaved by force (like soviet Russia), or by vote (like Nazi Germany).”
“...it was no longer a matter of whether I would steal or lie or murder; it was a simple, urgent matter of public pride, a matter of how much I had in common with other people.”
“A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict's suit or a monarch's crown.”
“Love like that? Hell, it seems so pure, it's damn near criminal.”