There is in government a living impulse to extend itself indefinitely; and there is in freedom a necessity to resist that impulse.

If the great Government of the United States were a private corporation no bank would take its name on a piece of paper, because it has cynically repudiated the words engraved upon its bonds.

Business is in itself a power.

Revolution in the modern case is no longer an uncouth business.

The New Deals enmity for that system of free and competitive private enterprise which we call capitalism was fundamental.

The idea of imposing universal peace on the world by force is a barbarian fantasy.

Formerly government was the responsibility of people; now people were the responsibility of government.

Loyalty of the law-making power to the executive power was one of the dangers the political fathers foretold.

It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.

You do not defend a world that is already lost.

Between government in the republican meaning, that is, Constitutional, representative, limited government, on the one hand, and Empire on the other hand, there is mortal enmity.

The greatest weariness comes from work not done.

Truly creative people care little about what they have done, and a lot about what they are doing.

Each new season grows from the leftovers from the past. That is the essence of change and change is the basic law.

What is to give light must endure burning.

I'd rather have preparation than motivation. Everyone likes to play, but no one likes to practice.

I needed to see, needed to know, needed a whole lot more.

Have you talked to North?" he said. "Yes," she said. "I asked him to get us cable." "I wish you weren't talking to him." "I'd talk to Satan to get cable," Andie said.

I don't recognize hate, I don't recognize bitterness, I don't recognize jealousy, I don't recognize greed. I don't give them power. They don't exist to me.

That's my suggestion for kids who want to act, by the way: Make sure it's really your choice, get out of it when it stops being fun, and get an education.

Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all.