For there are very few so foolish who would not rather govern themselves than be governed by others.

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.

I am a diamond But people see me as goldHonestly, I wanna be silver

The struggles waged by nations are weak only when they lack support in the hearts of their women.

I felt like I played in a very rough football game with no hitting above the waist.

It was incredible to me that members of one community could kill members of another not for anything personal that they did but simply based on their identity.

You certainly can't tell anything from the microscopic structure of the brain whether the person was an idiot or a genius.

One usually thinks people to be more dangerous than they are.

The more you have, the more you have that needs fixing.

It's awkward doing it with anybody, but it's like Twister.

I was a Christian in Creed, but nobody ever asked me.

Self confidence for me is a fragile fleece.