In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.

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.

What you do today defines tomorrow.

A year ago, ' I said, 'you wouldn’t have asked this of me.''A year ago, ' he answered, 'you wouldn’t have hesitated to drink.' I crossed to the desk and tossed it down.

They were rather handsome, had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town,

The political spectrum is not a straight, bi-polar line. It's a circle.

Virtue comes by nature, learning, and practice, and thanks to virtue, all of the aforesaid may deserve approval.

If you're passionate about the world, and if you really look closely at everything around you, each thing can be transformed into a shoe, or into a part of a shoe.

If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.

TV that people will never see, that giant international corporations will never touch, will never pay your salary.

I want to get inside your bitter mind and see what I can find.

The day that witnesses the conversion of our ministers into political and philosophical speculators or scientific lecturers, will witness the final decay of clerical weight and influence.