History is the arbiter of controversy, the monarch of all she surveys.

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.

Till Human voices wake us, and we drown.

If you’re struggling to “think outside the box” remember the box is self-imposed. Who says it has to be a box? Why not a bowl of petunias?

We need to act and embrace uncertainty as a pool of opportunity.

I've traveled. All over. I've never seen anything like you. How could anything be put together like you? Do you know how beautiful you are? Have you looked at yourself?''I'm looking now.

Purposeful giving is not as apt to deplete one's resources it belongs to that natural order of giving that seems to renew itself even in the act of depletion.

Creativity: that which wasn't there before, but which can be made simply and completely.

I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.

Work is your life, it’s not a rehearsal. You work 7 days a week so you may as well enjoy those days.

Why are you sad, Dorian?" He couldn't lie to her. "The leopard wants you to see it.

Nobody on the face of the earth can make you feel inferior without your permission.