Aristocrats fear the people, and wish to transfer all power to the higher classes of society.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Fear is no crime. But acting from fear is. Know that you're going to lose everything one day, whether you fear to lose it or not.

Why do people who can talk right waste so many words saying nothing?

There's a special quality to the loneliness of dusk, a melancholy more brooding even than the night's.

Oh yes. I am right until I’m proved wrong.

Prayer among sane people has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

Success is never bad in Hollywood. It is what you do with success that will dog you.

The fruit of your life will be what you believe you are.

My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe.

Know this. I think you could be special if you only thought there was anything special about yourself.

I laugh, mirthless, a mad laugh. I savor the scowl on her face, the hate in her eyes. She was like a machine; she was cold and emotionless, bound by logic alone. And I broke her.