The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

It is beautiful to express love and even more beautiful to feel it.

Think, ask, pray and the right decision will find your way.

Statesmen are grocers, ambitious clowns.

I have watched lives change. I have seen women gain confidence.

A writer must be fearless. A writer has to be like a clawed animal." -The Carrie Diaries pg. 337

The first step... shall be to lose the way.

I have touched more men that I can count. Some with my lips, more with my axe.

Instant-doomsday hyperbole caused the world's attention to focus on the hypothetical threat of global warming to the exclusion of environmental menaces that are real, palpable, and awful right now.

You haven't seen me in my own ads. You don't see my logo all over my clothes. From the beginning, I wanted the clothes to stand on their own.

What stays with me most is a general sense of loss, unease, and longing for the past that cannot be relieved.