Each citizen contributes to the revenues of the State a portion of his property in order that his tenure of the rest may be secure.

It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.

In the state of nature... all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.

Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

Only the unprotected self can feel joy.

Revolt is the mirror in which greed is forced to see itself.

No birth is an accident, No experience is without meaning, and no life is without value.

I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office.

The great thing was my teammates really set some great screens to get me open. I just went out there and played basketball.

I dumb down for my audience and double my dollars...

As much as we may want to withdraw into a world of pure problem solving, we have to acknowledge that the most successful architectures are the ones you can actually convince someone to implement.

That rich guy you've been seeing, must have put you down. Welcome back baby, to the poor side of town.

Imagination should be integrated with life, not turned into a separate activity, art, that monopolizes one's whole existence.

When I have to play the same role every day, I have the flexibility to play the character in so many different ways. It's almost like playing five different roles.