Government is, and always has been, the greatest criminal threat to the peaceful members of society.

Democracy in itself does not define or guarantee a free society. History has told many stories of democratic societies that have degenerated into corruption, plunder, and tyranny.

The history of paper money is an account of abuse, mismanagement, and financial disaster.

If government goes beyond securing liberty and instead violates it through regulation, redistribution, and planning, then citizens are victims of legal plunder.

The rationale for the vast network of government welfare programs as well as regulation and control over private enterprise is based on the socialist analysis of the market economy.

Governments everywhere, including here in the Unites States, have created ever-expanding bureaucracies that regulate nearly every aspect of our lives.

It should be remembered that men of courage, integrity, and principle can stand up to Big Brother and resist the headlong march into economic tyranny.

I wasn't supported, I wasn't given any self-esteem.

If the West can claim superiority in anything, it is . . . in science and scientific technique.

I happen to hold a bachelor of science degree in geology... And my greatest contribution to the field of science is that I never entered it.

Certainly there is a depression I think a lot of Black folks are getting ready to have come January [2017] and that might be an interesting story to tell.

Toleration ought in reality to be merely a transitory mood. It must lead to recognition. To tolerate is to affront.

I act most like myself... when I'm in my hometown, Santo Domingo. I try to get there about five times a year.

Indeed I did not stand as a beggar at the Parliament door, for I never was at the Parliament-House, nor stood I ever at the door as I do know or can remember; not as a petitioner I am sure.

S'pose a man was to come to you and say Pollyvoo-franzy - what would you think?

You've got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from the next person. Don't ever do a song as you heard somebody else do it.