The idea of the state is, or should be, a very limited, prescribed idea. The state looks after the defense of the realm, and other matters - raising revenue to pay for things which are for all of us, and so on. That idea has turned turtle now. The state isn't any longer perceived as an institution which exists to serve us.Tom Stoppard
Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the right papers you can do anything The believe in papers. Papers are power.Tom Stoppard
Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.Honoré de Balzac
Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.Honoré de Balzac
Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!Honoré de Balzac
Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's ego freedom to decide one way or another.Sigmund Freud
The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.Sigmund Freud
