There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

Socialism means slavery.

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.

It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.

It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.

Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.

The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.

By unnerving definition, anything that the heart has chosen for its own mysterious reasons it can always unchoose later—again, for its own mysterious reasons.

Even the most absent minded Soldier will develope a memory like a elephant when mistreated.

It doesn't really matter whether you grip the arms of the dentist's chair or let your hands lie in your lap. The drill drills on.

Sometimes a writer, like an acrobat, must try a trick that is too much for him.

There is no failure except the failure of trying.

While we're living the dreams we have as children fade away'. Not if you support United!

Nothing really came, everything was like inspired by something.

What the hell is instant? Nothing is instant.

Well, I've had to deal with everything in my life... leavin' the family, learnin' what not and what to do.

If you can change style, why stick to one style? Style is a vanity because it gives you product identification.