Men do not desire to be rich, but to be richer than other men.

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.

Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.

I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.

Lone women, like to empty houses, perish.

I try and do films I know I'm going to enjoy watching as well as being in.

Divorce is the key that opens the strongbox where the bonds of matrimony are kept under wedlock.

Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred woman.

We are in a survival mentality, and that's hard-wired into our humanity, because we are the winners of an evolutionary struggle of millions and millions and millions of years.

I'm always hunting and prowling. I'm sure Brian [Bath] was exaggerating!

Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets.

We passed welfare reform. All of you know I believe we were right to do it.