In such an admirable position of the New World, man has no other enemy than himself.

I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.

Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all.

everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure

On close inspection, we shall find that religion, and not fear, has ever been the cause of the long-lived prosperity of an absolute government.

The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune.

I am unaware of his plans but I shall never stop believing in them because I cannot fathom them and I prefer to mistrust my own intellectual capacities than his justice.

Nations, as well as men, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years.

A whole nation cannot rise above itself.

When justice is more certain and more mild, is at the same time more efficacious.

The whole people contracts the habits and tastes of the magistrate.

Text, images, and video are the paint swatches of 21st-century artists — with a single catch: this form of art has to communicate, engage, and sell.

Cynicism is that blackguard defect of vision which compels us to see the world as it is instead of as it should be.

I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director because the director to me is so important.

Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.

In the end, the discipline of verification is what separates journalism from entertainment, propaganda, fiction, or art.

Using int made sense in the 50s. Not any more

A very friendly boom, like a pair of gleeful handclaps.

Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction

I am very self-conscious a lot of the time.

As both a musician and a former teacher, I feel that music is as important to kids as reading and writing.