Imagine a congress of eminent celebrities such as More Bacon Grotius Pascal Cromwell Bossuet Montesquieu Jefferson Napoleon Pitt etc. They would be an Encyclopedia of Errors.

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.

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

Socialism means slavery.

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.

It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.

It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.

Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.

The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.

Her grief has not so much changed her as stripped her down, stripped her body and her face.

The main purpose of education isn't just to receive a certification that leads to a career, but to become a well-rounded person in so many aspects of life.

Honestly, the point is I no more expect you to acknowledge or respect my feelings, there ends your story! HAPPY ME!

I went to the Senate, accomplished nothing as usual.

I think kindness is a sort of gateway virtue - having that simple aspiration can get you into deep water very quickly - in a good way.

The good things in history are usually of very short duration, but afterward have a decisive influence on what happens over long periods of time.

I found out long ago, it's a long way down the holiday road. Holiday road, holiday road. Jack be nimble, Jack be quick. Take a ride on the West Coast kick. Holiday road.

It's when ordinary people rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity that milestones truly are reached.

Hit them. Fight them. They are cursed; they are evil.

Do not spit into the well, you'll get drunk