And as in other things, so in men, not the seller, but the buyer determines the Price.

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

Hell is truth seen too late.

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

The Church is both organism and organization - Woven together in a beautifully messy dance that stumbles across the stage of a fallen world.

Yeah, well, you believe what you want to. I live in the real world.

Humans don't have any type of interest... HAVING SO MUCH STUFF AROUND THEM AND SO LITTLE INTEREST IN THEM.

All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.

Before rap came along, I was, actually, actively in the streets; getting in trouble, doing the wrong thing.

Live without seeing, but be what you are.

Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.

It is always the case, with mathematics, that a little direct experience of thinking over things on your own can provide a much deeper understanding than merely reading about them.

Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.

I was leftwing, I am leftwing, and I will die leftwing.