If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

Some people are so evil when they enter a house

Every one of my works, when I'm looking back, becomes some kind of solution, or something to concentrate on. Something to pay attention to and maybe change direction.

As the saying goes: "If you're not part of the solution, you're a newspaper columnist."

There's something about Celtic mythology which is deep in the soul, and I just think that somehow she has tapped right into it.

It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

Cynics know the answers without having penetrated deeply enough to know the questions. When challenged by mysterious truths, they marshall 'facts.

Somewhere there is an ancient enmity between our daily life and the great work. Help me in saying it, to understand it.

No one, though has to go to college to make or understand or enjoy art. Wonderful artists and critics - some of the best - have educated themselves.

You can be confident and secure and know that you do a good job at what you do. But you don't know to be arrogant about it.