There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.

If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an idle, unprofitable tale.

Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos.

A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.

All things are subject to decay and change.

Nor ought we ever to allow any growing power to acquire such a degree of strength as to be able to tear from us, without resistance, our natural, undisputed rights.

The government will take the fairest of names, but the worst of realities--mob rule.

[There can be no] rational administration of government when good men are held in the same esteem as bad ones.

Knowing how to win is the first step. We must also know how to make use of our victories.

Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.

When the ancients said a work well begun was half done, they meant to impress the importance of always endeavoring to make a good beginning.

Hope, strive and try to be more like Christ until the day we will see Him. Let Him find you faithfully and in obedient serving Him. He is coming quicker than people think.

Individual cultures and ideologies have their appropriate uses but none of them erase or replace the universal experiences, like love and weeping and laughter, common to all human beings.

Jules was a proud little toy. She decided that she was going to work very hard to be the best wolf she could be.

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite American traditions. I quickly picked it up when I moved to the U.S. from Sweden.

It's (the lack of communication between the people in his paintings, ed.) probably a reflection of my own, if I may say, loneliness. I don't know. It could be the whole human condition.

I find vocabulary to be a great drawback.

To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.

Ralph [ Nader] is an old friend of mine, and he does a useful job in displaying a position.

But I know somebody who has a bedside urinal. How do I compete with that?

Well, I Am... I Said was a very difficult song, very difficult because I really had to spend a lot of time thinking about what I was before the song was written.