So natural to mankind is intolerance ... that religious freedom has hardly anywhere been practically realized.

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.

The moment you learn the lesson, the test will be over.

In a way, I was incrediibly proud of her (not that I had any intention of letting it show while I was beating the crap out of her).

When you live as a fountain of abundant love, instead of an empty well waiting to be filled by a lover, you will attract your SoulMate.

I had to jump out of a plane! The shoot was for an editorial for a magazine; and it called for skydiving.

You could think of extraordinary examples to the contrary: The Grapes of Wrath... and even into the 70s.

There are extensive contacts between Saddam Hussein's government and al Qaeda.

The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice.

I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.

Think twice; it's just another day for you and me in paradise.

Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.