Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

Socialism means slavery.

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.

It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.

It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.

Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.

The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.

Your relationship with God will determine your spiritual weight, your authority before Him

The good thing about being young is that you are not experienced enough to know you cannot possibly do the things you are doing.

The most distinguished merit of those two officers was their respective prowess, of the one in the combats of Bacchus, of the other in those of Venus.

Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.

A short skirt and lots of makeup won't impress me.

Samadhi doesn’t just come of itself; it takes practice.

My wife and I are art collectors and architectural crazies.

The fact is, I never wanted to be a movie star.

I was a bit of a sleeper-inner.

I had been on the junior Olympic team in high school for trampoline; I could do twenty-six back flips in a row.