No sacrifice is lost for a great ideal! (p. 135)

At the dances I was one of the most untiring and gayest. One evening a cousin of Sasha, a young boy, took me aside. With a grave face, as if he were about to a…

I do not believe in God, because I believe in man. Whatever his mistakes, man has for thousands of years past been working to undo the botched job your God has…

The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society.

A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it.

It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.