The spirit of commerce... renders every man willing to live on his own property...& prevents the growth of luxury.

It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.

In the state of nature... all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.

Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

She knew with painful certainty that the opposite of love was not hate, but indifference.

If you have lived your life in such a way that no one has ever found you obnoxious then you have my condolences for you have never really lived.

The great are great only because we are on our knees. Let us rise!

We are not going to achieve a new world order without paying for it in blood as well as in words and money.

[Olympics] obviously, is not the easiest thing to do, and nobody makes any money out of. Yet, for the small amount of money they could [invest] in a Formula One race, they don't want to do it.

On taking office, Obama promised the 'most transparent' administration in history; yet his record as president has been anything but transparent.

Paranoia plays into all of us. Trust is a terrifying idea of not knowing who we can rely on.

Fashion seldom interferes with nature without diminishing her grace and efficiency.

I want you. Bad. Right now. Against the wall. On my bed. The floor and maybe in the bathroom later. I have a shower stall and a Jacuzzi we could put to really good use. I know you'd like it.

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