Pelorat said, 'It seems to me, Golan, that the advance of civilization is nothing but an exercise in the limiting of privacy. - Isaac Asimov

Societies create their own history and tend to wipe out lowly beginnings, either by forgetting them or inventing totally fictitious heroic rescues.

I wanted to be a psychological engineer, but we lacked the facilities, so I did the next best thing — I went into politics. It's practically the same thing.

That is the most stupid thing yet. I tell you that I could despair of human intelligence when I see what can exist in men’s minds.