“The human mind isnt a computer; it cannot progress in an orderly fashion down a list of candidate moves and rank them by a score down to the hundredth of a pawn the way a chess machine does. Even t...”

“The phrase "it's better to be lucky than good" must be one of the most ridiculous homilies ever uttered. In nearly any competitive endeavor, you have to be damned good before luck can be of any use...”

“A moral foreign policy means your positions on certain matters are clear no matter what, and that you won't forget about them when it's convenient.”

“Somehow, people always forget that it's much easier to install a dictator than to remove one”

“One of the strengths, and weaknesses, of liberal democratic societies is giving the benefit of the doubt even to one's enemies”

“Dictators seem to learn from history much better than democrats”

“I'm telling you a lie in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over until it becomes true”

“Disinformation is duping. Misinformation is tricking.”

“When disinformation is running rampant, there are two ignorances that may emerge: the one is actually positive, a sort of pure and intentional emptying of the mind; but the other is of course negat...”

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect fo...”

“Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.”

“Don't cry, I'm sorry to have deceived you so much, but that's how life is.”