I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

Despotism often presents itself as the repairer of all the ills suffered, the support of just rights, defender of the oppressed, and founder of order.

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by the laws, or in which political institutions can prove a substitute for common sense and public morality.

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.

I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.

We can't choose our fate, but we can choose others. Be careful in knowing that.

Authority in science exists to be questioned, since heresy is the spring from which new ideas flow.

I just hate losing and that gives you an extra determination to work harder.

Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.

Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower by reason of our blindness.

What is cooking? 'Cooking' is a loose term. It's understanding energy or the lack thereof.

Better to die ten thousand deaths, Than wound my honour.

Love with life is heaven; and life, unloving, hell.

I was only given this life because I'm strong enough to live it.

Words empower us, move us beyond our suffering, and set us free.