Sigmund Freud

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.

We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts.

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.