The first author of speech was God himself, that instructed Adam how to name such creatures as He presented to his sight.

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

Hell is truth seen too late.

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

He who has the audacity to stop you from dreaming is he who had given you the imaginations to think, but not those who watch you as you explore the dreams!

Big, sweeping life changes really boil down to small, everyday decisions.

You cannot ensure the gratitude of others for a favour conferred upon them in the way which is most agreeable to yourself.

Anybody can get worked up, if they have the intention. It's peacefulness that is hard to come by on purpose.

I'm just a newsboy who met a President.

I don't believe in principle, but I do in interest.

I dont have a problem with fame. I got into this business intending to be very successful, but I wanted it to be at my price.

When fortune wishes to bring mighty events to a successful conclusion, she selects some man of spirit and ability who knows how to seize the opportunity she offers.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

In an ideal world for me, school lunch would be free for everybody.