Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.

It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.

In the state of nature... all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.

Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels

Studies show that girls - especially smarter ones - have severe problems in the area of self-confid

Facts have to be discovered by observation, not by reasoning

It is often difficult to watch yourself onscreen, especially 60-feet high. As an actor, it is an uncomfortable experience.

I think there was a time when I was too strict and controlling. I think I asphyxiated my children.

Your trouble is, you keep trying to unscrew the unscrutable.

Nobody does anything for one reason.

I do have siblings, but I don't have any brothers.

You know, being confident isn't the same as being right.

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.