Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace which our nuclear age cannot afford.

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion

We're now at that point where the graphics are good enough to preserve the illusion and make you feel more immersed in the environment,

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.

The Harris government pulled off a clever trick — retaining all power while creating the illusion of relinquishing a substantial amount of it.

America is not fighting to win a war. We are fighting to give an application to an old Greek proverb, which is that the purpose of war is not to annihilate an enemy but to get him to mend his ways. And we are confident we can get the enemy to mend his.