A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers

I would die happy if I knew that on my tombstone could be written these words, "This man was an absolute fool. None of the disastrous things that he reluctantly predicted ever came to pass!"

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

It has not been for nothing that the word has remained man's principal toy and tool: without the meanings and values it sustains, all man's other tools would be worthless.

My family has lived here for eight generations. Compare that with recent Argentine presidents who are only second generation. I find their claim offensive.