“Nature abhors a vacuum, and I don’t like it much either.”

“Revolution suspends habit as well as law. But just as nature abhors a vacuum, people abhor anarchy.”

“Nature abhors a moron.”

“I don’t like rats but there’s not much else I don’t like.”

“States should practice multilateralism and abandon unilateral actions that adversely affect a democratic and equitable international order, refraining from the threat or use of force. They should apply international law uniformly, abandon overreliance on “positivism” and efforts to circumvent treaty obligations or invent loopholes. As “nature abhors a vacuum” (Spinoza, Ethics), human rights law abhors “legal black holes””

“Not only can you not step into the same river twice; it is not even the same you who can’t step into the same river twice. Everything modifies everything. There is no niche in the past waiting for him to come back and occupy it. Nature will tolerate a paradox, but she abhors a vacuum.”

“Human nature. I don’t like human nature, but I do like human beings.”

“I like you, but not too much. I don’t want to like anybody too much.”

“I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.”

“You don’t draw, and I don’t breathe. Not so much like last year”