This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst expect the best and take what comes.

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse.

Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.

One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.

There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

Your opinion of me is nothing more than a made up illusion of what you want me to be in order to justify your own insecurities.

Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing of all.

A powerful foundation is worth it in a long run

Loneliness was the price of the quest. I don't belong to the people who cannot live alone

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition.

I'm not being condescending, I'm too busy thinking about far more important things you wouldn't understand.

Last time I was recording, I was trying to loop on the computer, but it's really difficult because it's really different from looping on hardware.

Maybe I'm being selfish, but I choose you." He leaned over, lips brushing mine as he whispered, "I always choose you.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

Economic power is not the same as strength of national character. Our country may be rich in goods, but we are poor in spirit.