Every error pronounces judgment on itself when it attempts to apply its rules to the standard of truth.

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.

For a thought to manifest on the earth realm, a sacrifice must occur.

You look at a guy who's being brave. He's afraid or he wouldn't be brave. If he isn't afraid he's stupid.

If you loved, sooner or later you always lost; that was the penalty you had to pay for loving. Grief can be endured - somehow. But how poor and bare would be a life which had nothing to grieve over!

In 1972, George Harrison invited me to accompany him on a trip to India.

All things are in all.

Don't a fellow feel good after he gets out of a store where he nearly bought something.

I'm kinda mad that I had to wait 28 years to jump on a skateboard.

A man who is 100% sane is dead.

People are not afraid of failure, they're afraid of blame.

So, while fitting in, she was like a wicked detail standing out against a placid background.