Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver; and adulation is not of more service to the people than to kings.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

I teach the world how to treat me by the way I treat myself, and the way I present myself.

An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government

The descent into Hades is much the same from whatever place we start.

I've never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.

My 80s were the best years of my life!

Some people think I'm mean, until they get to know me.

Do you know how a man makes his way here? By brilliant genius or by skilful corruption. You must either cut your way through these masses of men like a cannon ball, or steal among them like a plague.

No, but you can see it from here.

You dream what you're supposed to do

There is nothing to say because I know everything about him. I raised him. I know what's a charade, and I know what's not a charade. I'll leave it at that.