A State divided into a small number of rich and a large number of poor will always develop a government manipulated by the rich to protect the amenities represented by their property.

Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot yet claim to be civilized men.

Those who know the normal life of the poor... will realize well enough that without economic security, liberty is not worth having.

The number of substitutes for fine and clean thinking the world provides positively gnaws at one's vitals.

No citizen enjoys genuine freedom of religious conviction until the state is indifferent to every form of religious outlook from Atheism to Zoroastrianism.

A healthy loyalty is not passive and complacent, but active and critical.

Every State is known by the rights it maintains.

Without equality, I say, there cannot be liberty.

If it weren't for the law, I would steal books; if it weren't for my purse, I would buy them.

The only real security for social well-being is the free exercise of men's minds.

If there is one thing fundamental to the life of the spirit it is the absence of force.

The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you.

We didn't have sense enough to take care of it. Now it's torn. And the artist is dead.

The amazing ones are, those that don't know it!

I had spent many years before I was 31 hearing people tell me, Oh Man, you're so funny, you need to be in television. But that and a quarter won't get you on a bus.

There are some disguised falsehoods so like truths, that 'twould be to judge ill not to be deceived by them.

Many are the women who can take their clothes off seductively, but women who can charm as they dress?

I hope to continue writing. I hope to continue teaching.

The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming. You cannot believe what it does to the human spirit to maximize your human potential and stretch yourself to the limit.

When a man wants to make up with his Maker, he does not consult a third party.

Alex probably brings his dates sharp knives as gifts, in case she'll need one when she's out on a date with him.