In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.

It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.

In the state of nature... all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.

Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

I've been in love with the cinema since childhood and it's a fantasy of mine to appear in a Hollywood movie.

Men make the moral code and they expect women to accept it.

New York: Prison towers and modern posters for soap and whiskey. Pittsburgh: Abandon it.

In my ugly, elitist opinion we are not all entitled to voice our opinions, we are entitled to pass along our informed opinions.

Congress: America's only true criminal class.

Most people fear pain. I've learned that not feeling pain is a much more frightening proposition than feeling it. In fact, there are times when I'm playing when I actually enjoy it.

In choosing a colour one must realize that it changes in different aspects.

Time was invented by the Almighty God in order to give ideas a chance.

We must believe that it is the darkest before the dawn of a beautiful new world. We will see it when we believe it.

If I had my way we'd sleep every night all wrapped around each other like hibernating rattlesnakes.