Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.

People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.

When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government.

One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.

Who you are contributes to your poetry in a number of important ways, but you shouldn't identify with your poems so closely that when they are cut, you're the one that bleeds.

Then she sighed. Just the faintest, softest release of breath. The sound swept through his chest like a hurricane, with the force to topple trees.

Doing nothing is hard. You never know when you’re done. —T-SHIRT

The benefit of appointing a hawkish central banker is the increased inflation-fighting credibility that such an appointment brings.

The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire.

We know where you are. We know where you've been. We can more or less know what you're thinking about.

Gail Godwin has written a book about the heaviest matters of loss, grief, and loneliness with a touch so light that I was as often deeply amused by it as I was deeply moved.

Success comes from a constant focus on renewal.

If the relationship between you and your money is harmonious, regardless of how much you have, your financial transactions will be harmonious as well.

There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.