A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.

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.

Success come only through high ambition, good guidance, strong will, determining and effort.

And everybody should have at least one person in his or her life who doesn't want a damned thing from them except a bit of friendly company

This would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt.

I really can't stand any more to pay for a burst of animation when someone comes in for drinks with a depressed and low-keyed next day, in which I have to go around on my hands and knees.

If we can reduce the risk of friction likely to lead to war, this is probably all we can reasonably hope to achieve.

Do the right thing. Not just when it's convenient for you, but all the time. Words to live by.

Don't make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I'm not.

Don't fight darkness. Bring the light, and darkness will disappear.

I haven't been in tennis for that long, but what I can say is that we have a lot of young guys at the top who are willing to do a lot of good things for tennis in general.

The photograph [of Che Guevara], for a civilization now accustomed to thinking in images, was not the description of a single event... it was an argument.