If you want war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men ever are subject.

Great captains of industry are as rare as great generals

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.

The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. . . . I call C the Forgotten Man.

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual.

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.

If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee.

We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.

The State cannot get a cent for any man without taking it from some other man, and this latter must be a man who has produced and saved it. This latter is the Forgotten Man

There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.

It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and to force society into an organization of only two classes, one at each social extreme.

I’m the guy who knows how you can hurt so much that your insides feel like they’re cut and bleeding.

I know assuming is easy, and sometimes, reality does not go in the direction of the assumption, but at least, it gives us hope that things may go just right.

When we run ahead of God, we run into trouble.

You can be alone too in the city streets, among the crowds. We are all alone.

Civilization is the art of living together with people not entirely like oneself.

I am very much aware of the visual side of things. I do a lot of photography. I often take Polaroids of things that strike me as visually interesting, just to remember them and perhaps use later.

How big can we get before we get bad?

See only that thou work and thou canst not escape the reward.

Dance is so fascinating and I like collaborating with people a lot.

The President needs me at the White House. It's autumn, you know, and the leaves need raking.