“In youth one believes in democracy, later on, one has to accept it.”

“To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies.”

“One faith, one law and one standard of justice did not mean democracy. The heresy of democracy has since then worked havoc in church and state... Christianity and democracy are inevitably enemies.”

“One must also accept that one has ‘uncreative’ moments. The more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments will pass.”

“Even if we accept, as the basic tenet of true democracy, that one moron is equal to one genius, is it necessary to go a further step and hold that two morons are better than one genius?”

“When one does a thing, it appears good, otherwise one would not write it. Only later comes reflection, and one discards or accepts the thing. Time is the best censor, and patience a most excellent teacher.”

“Democracy is a con game. It’s a word invented to placate people to make them accept a given institution. All institutions sing, ‘We are free.’ The minute you hear ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’, watch out… because in a truly free nation, no one has to tell you you’re free.”

“In an autocracy, one person has his way; in an aristocracy a few people have their way; in a democracy, no one has his way.”

“One day, when spring has gone and youth has fled,
The Maiden and the flowers will both be dead.”

“When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favour.”