The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other people's.

To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.

In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach.

Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.

When I first came into parliament, there was, on average, a by-election every three months - due not to MPs bailing out, but because of the death rate.

So often, literature about African people is conflated with literature about African politics, as if the state were somehow of greater import or interest than the individual.

Large swathes of people losing faith in democracy is a dangerous thing. Conflict, desperation, totalitarianism are the products of that loss of faith.

Most problems are best solved privately, not through government. There's a problem of discourtesy in the world, which is best handled through social norms, which are indispensable. But you wouldn't want the government to be mandating courtesy.