I do not wish to be either governor nor governed!

Laws: We know what they are, and what they are worth! They are spider webs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the poor and weak, fishing nets in the hands of government.

When deeds speak, words are nothing.

The possessions of the rich are stolen property.

the government can do nothing for you. But you can do everything for yourselves

In any given society the authority of man over man runs in inverse proportion to the intellectual development of that society.

All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.

The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise!

The proprietor, producing neither by his own labor nor by his implement, and receiving products in exchange for nothing, is either a parasite or a thief.

Liberty, Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order.

We want property, but property restored to its proper limits, that is to say, free distribution of the products of labour, property minus usury!

There is a romance about all those who are abroad in the black hours.

If we cannot meet our everyday surroundings with equanimity and pleasure and grow each day in some useful direction then ... life is on the road toward misfortune misery and destruction.

Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.

I have a great faith in the strength and the resilience in the American people.

If you have a happy friend, your happiness goes up fifteen times.

I had the great good fortune to interview Peggy Lee. Her memories of working with Walt Disney and his team were warm and upbeat.

I am a tragically bad artist.

Give a man or woman back his self-respect, and in most cases-not all, but most-you also give back that person's ability to think with at least some clarity.

I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue.

Had Greek civilization never existed ... we would never have become fully conscious.