Managers control. Leaders create commitment.

The loss of liberty in general would soon follow the suppression of the liberty of the press; for it is an essential branch of liberty, so perhaps it is the best preservative of the whole.

No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and became slaves.

Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.

My Day Clothes are almost worne out...send the poor printer a few gammons, or some meal, some butter, cheese, poultry, etc.

The here, the now and the individual have always been the special concern of the saint, the artist, the poet and -- from time immemorial--the woman.

There's no real organised body, ... so through the internet people have spread their videos, spread photos, and spread word of a new urban movement.

We have the greatest people on Earth, but they're depleted.

I'm trying to create artwork that makes people, and myself, think about judgment as a reflex. This is something that must be changed.

Sometimes I stagger even myself with my genius.

I just... want to be a man who has been to a concert with a girl in a red dress. Just for a few minutes more.

At the point so near to zero, just almost before the death, life's value jumps to infinity!

We must never be afraid to be a sign of contradiction for the world.

Hear the music, the thunder of the wings. Love the wild swan.