I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

Hell is truth seen too late.

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

Tolerance is an attribute of egoism.

Joy, I think, is the main fruit of the Spirit missing among Christians, and peace and self-control are the main fruits or qualities that seem to be missing among those who are not Christian.

A belief is an uneducated guess.

What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?

I like test screenings. I like to see a movie with an audience of strangers. I think it tells you a lot.

In this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.

When a father is quick to lose his tempre, his sons are fools.

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to create.

Jay-Z, he knows precisely who he's going for - 14-year-old white suburban girls.

The only future Barack Obama is trying to win is his own re-election.