Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

The historian is a prophet looking backward.

To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny.

I'm quite content to spend my life helping young people find themselves. I've had my fill of politics.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.