If the prudence of reserve and decorum dictates silence in some circumstances, in others prudence of a higher order may justify us in speaking our thoughts.

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.

She was a mind floating in an ocean of confusion.

I defy any of my coreligionists to tell me they do not laugh at the idea of Dawkins burning in hell.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table.

Hogwarts was the first and best home he had known. He and Voldemort and Snape, the abandoned boys, had all found home here.

Well it's all right to cry. It helps a great deal sometimes.

Hands, are the most honest part of the human body, they cannot lie as laughing eyes and the mouth can.

The writers led by Mike Scully are fantastic. And they're creating original stories that not only don't repeat what we've already done, they also don't repeat anything I've seen on television.

You aren't afraid of throwing yourself in the path of danger, but you're terrified of letting anyone in.

One of my interests in music has always been what it means, why it affects us the way it does.