In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows.

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 PRODUCTIVE AND POSITIVE YOU DO TODAY WITH YOUR TIME CAN MAKE REST OF YOUR LIFE WORTHY AND FRUITFUL.

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

Ah," said the jailer, "do not always brood over what is impossible, or you will be mad in a fortnight.

The real deal is always going to win in the end.

It is never what a poem says that matters, but what it is.

I am a giant squid of anger.

I really don't think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood.

As honest as you could expect a man to be in a world where it's out of style.

We lack resolve and blame fate, mistaking the drift for the tides.

Ain't nobody messin' with you but you