Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing

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.

The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. Even when you make a tax form out on the level you don't know when it's through if you are a crook or a martyr.

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty to interpret it his problem and to express it his dedication.

Sunday morning church service is not an enormous priority; spending time with other believers is.

I've always been, in games, the bad guy. If there was ever cops and robbers I was always a robber.

It were worthwhile to die, if thereby a soul could be born again.

That made me happy. That was my Anchor.

Creativity isn't magic. It's achievable.

A woman can tell me about her having a baby, but I'll never know what it is to have a baby.

It's amazing how lucky Westlife were and what we achieved. It's very rare to have seven number ones in a row. Ridiculous in fact.

We are full of rhythms . . . our pulse, our gestures, our digestive tracts, the lunar and seasonal cycles.