Learn as much by writing as by reading.

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.

The real failure is not the one who falls down, it's the one who refuses to get up.

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.

You have to take calculated risks in life.

Above all else show the data.

His lordship can eat my fat—

Womanpower means the self determination of women, and that means all the baggage of paternalistic society will have to be thrown overboard.

I enjoy going to Palm Springs when I'm living in Los Angeles.

In the TV business, you've got to write fast, and someone will tell you, "Can you rewrite this episode before... 6 p.m.?" So that's when you rewrite it. You can't wait for the muse to show up.

When I was growing up, the blues did seem too simple to me. I was just a muso.

Too early seen unknown, and known too late!