It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

Socialism means slavery.

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.

It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.

Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.

The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

I'm not looking for a happy ending. I'm looking for a new beginning.

Character builds slowly but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

I used to be a hopeless romantic - I fell in love with everyone I went out with.

A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format.

If you told me two years I would miss the greatest basketball game ever to hang out with Nathan Lane, I'd say, 'You're crazy!'

The life of an action star is very short. I want to be an actor like Robert De Niro , like Dustin Hoffman or Clint Eastwood who in their 70s or 80s can still act.

Sleep after toyle, port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, death after life, does greatly please.

Error is part of the overhead of doing research

As for me, then, I love life and cultivate it just as God has been pleased to grant it to us.

I've succeeded at everything except my life.