Nothing brings out the lower traits of human nature like office-seeking. Men of good character and impulses are betrayed by it into all sorts of meanness.

It is a government of the people by the people for the people no longer it is a government of corporations by corporations for corporations

Every expert was once a beginner.

Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty. As millionaires increase, pauperism grows. The more millionaires, the more paupers.

To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible.

Must swear off from swearing. Bad habit.

Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty.

The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best.

Free government cannot long endure if property is largely in a few hands, and large masses of people are unable to earn homes, education, and a support in old age.

The bold enterprises are the successful ones. Take counsel of hopes rather than of fears to win in this business.

An amazing invention - but who would ever want to use one?

literature was the best plaything that had ever been invented to make fun of people.

No life's worth more than any other, no sister worth less than any brother.

Joe Wright is incredible and I'm a huge admirer of his work in general, but specifically his aesthetics and poeticism.

1 + 1 = 2. Everything else is derived.

I see no business in life but the work of Christ.

To us, there was Bob Dylan, and there was dad. As for what he meant to other people, that was never glorified in our house. There were no accolades there, no gold records.

You learn to exploit genre for the more important things - to my mind - like story, character, image, language.

How do you complete a painting, really? There are paintings by so many different artists that are interesting precisely because they haven't really been completed.

Reality bites, and I've got the teeth marks to prove it.

I know too much from personal observation from how the poor and working classes live to be satisfied with a system which makes their lives one unceasing round of toil, deprivation and anxiety.