The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states - Israel Athens Florence Elizabethan England.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

Anxiety is the interest paid on trouble before it is due.

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about 100 years before he is born.

Public opinion: a vulgar impertinent anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for any one of us who is not content to be the average man.

There are two kinds of fools: one says 'This is old therefore it is good' the other says 'This is new therefore it is better.'

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

The enemies of Freedom do not argue they shout and they shoot.

It is said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things and himself of anything.

Your message is only as loud as the actions that accompany it. Live your message and it will be heard loud and clear.

The past may not hurt you, but it won't challenge you, either.

Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it.

If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.

When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it.

It's difficult to change overnight but if you are persistent and take one step at a time you will see results!

In Western-style Communism we would have to create an almost imaginary workers' image of themselves as the father-figure.

I remember my youth... the feeling that I could last forever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men.

We are immersed in beauty, but our eyes have no clear vision.

I dont marry bandmates just to go marrying bandmates.