Men have always been obliged to fight to preserve liberty. Constitutions and laws do not safeguard liberty. It can be preserved only by a tolerant people, and this means eternal conflict.

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become president. I'm beginning to believe it.

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.

A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate

I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.

I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it.

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

The is no better example for our children, then the one we set before them every day

Sometimes the world around you makes you do things you would never do out of the circumstances.

As an actor you want to just like, act as much as possible.

Thinking evil is making evil.

Miss Austen had shown the infinite possibilities of ordinary and present things for the novelist.

It just feels good to beat the world champs to be the world champs.

Socialism is the renunciation of rational economy.

My ideal reader is me. And yes, my ideal reader comes with me and is forgiving.

I think there's still room for compelling voices to build up and get a great following.

Whether it's making a film or raising my children, personally I'm striving to do the right things and to learn.