I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

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.

There are two principles between which there can be no compromise—liberty and coercion.

Community service has become a patch for morality. You can devote your life to community service and be a total schmuck.

Most fathers and... Mothers. Only your grandmother and Ghengis Khan know how to do it.

I never get involved with the ladies I work with.

There's nothing wrong with the free-enterprise system. But it has to have some compassion.

Losing my faith was the most spiritual thing that ever happened to me.

When I was in my 20s, I was a bookworm - spent 12 hours of the day in the library. How I met George, I'll never know.

People are like, 'Was it fun? Did you eat lots of cake?'

When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly half way between. It is possible for one side simply to be wrong.

I've just taken the decision that I'm going to now go full time back into the theater.