In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because they are nothing.

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.

We cannot achieve personal enlightenment – a clarification of our souls – until we cease deluding ourselves. We must accept that life includes witnessing and personally experiencing pain.

I wish for all who look for Gold, Shall find one letter less, A world where trying always wins, And leaves the loser blessed.

Only do what your heart tells you.

There is a divine plan and there is a reason for this, and my choice is to create the most positive reaction I can.

I think you should learn about writing from everybody who has ever written that has anything to teach you

Dad always told me that if you're going to work on something, it might as well be something you're proud of.

A free press is one of the pillars of democracy.

Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods.

I fall into all kinds of inauthenticity when I conspire to forget my mortality.

I believe Success is achieved by ordinary people with Extraordinary Determination.