W. D. Hamilton Quotes

People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.

Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.

When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government.

One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.

The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

This process of election affords a moral certainty that the office of President will seldom fall to the lot of any many who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.

[H]owever weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties.

A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.

Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense.

I would die to preserve the law upon a solid foundation; but take away liberty, and the foundation is destroyed.

It is the Press which has corrupted our political morals - and it is to the Press we must look for the means of our political regeneration.

You just need to be accepted for who you are and be proud of who you are and that is what I'm trying to do.

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

If you don't have the balls to brake late, that's your problem.

Remember civil and religious liberty always go together: if the foundation of the one be sapped, the other will fall of course.

Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Learn to think continentally.

I don't aspire to be like other drivers - I aspire to be unique in my own way.

The honor of a nation is its life. Deliberately to abandon it is to commit an act of political suicide.

The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge right or make good decision.

In racing there are always things you can learn, every single day. There is always space for improvement, and I think that applies to everything in life.

We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.

The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men.

Silently, like thoughts that come and go, the snowflakes fall, each one a gem.

As riches increase and accumulate in few hands . . . the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican standard.

Without education, there is no hope for our people and without hope, our future is lost

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.

Obviously I am not happy but they can throw what they want at me, I will come back stronger.

Every nation ought to have a right to provide for its own happiness.

The race problem in the United States is the type of unpleasant problem which we would rather do without but which refuses to be buried.

I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice

No character, however upright, is a match for constantly reiterated attacks, however false.

Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.

I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.

I am not a morning person.

. . . [The Judicial Branch] may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm even for the efficacy of its judgments.

My saying is; We win and lose together. I think that really does apply to both my fans, family and the team.

Being a barber is about taking care of the people.

I was born to race and to win.

I don't need easy, I just need possible.