I call him free who is led solely by reason.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.

Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.

Nothing in nature is by chance... Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.

The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.

Men believe themselves to be free, simply because they are conscious of their actions, and unconscious of the causes whereby those actions are determined.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition.

The power that keeps cities of men together Is noble preservation of law.

Let him the intelligent man admonish, let him teach, let him forbid what is improper ! - he will be beloved of the good, by the bad he will be hated.

Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion.

I'm a great observer of delicate situations and women. I really like that bygone type of movement, and for a long time I had been looking for it.

Whoever is not too wise is wise. [Lat., Quisquis plus justo non sapit, ille sapit.]

Abortion has become a very politicised issue that I think countries have to work out themselves. In a lot of countries, people can't even yet agree on what their laws should be.

It's highly likely that what you're doing is indeed influenced by your Jewish background.

We're going to rebuild America with American workers and American tools.

Iran has proxies in Yemen, Syria, Iraq. You can push back against Iran without pulling out of the deal.

I would have voted 'no' on the Iraq war and 'yes' to Afghanistan.