Who said “No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and…”?

“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.”

“To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.”

“However sugarcoated and ambiguous, every form of authoritarianism must start with a belief in some group's greater right to power, whether that right is justified by sex, race, class, religion or all four. However far it may expand, the progression inevitably rests on unequal power and airtight roles within the family.”

“Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history mankind has been bullied by scum. Those who lord it over their fellows and toss commands in every direction and would boss the grass in the meadow about which way to bend in the wind are the most depraved kind of prostitutes. They will submit to any indignity, perform any vile act, do anything to achieve power. The worst off-sloughings of the planet are the ingredients of sovereignty. Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy the whores are us.”

“Authority is never without hate.”

“The post of honor is a private station.”

“Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.”

“Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable.”

“Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.”

“There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.”

“Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.”