Leo Tolstoy ... defines patriotism as the principle that will justify the training of wholesale murderers.

The most violent element in society is ignorance.

People have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take.

Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested - for a while at least. The people are a very fickle baby that must have new toys every day.

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.

To the moralist prostitution does not consist so much in the fact that the woman sells her body, but rather that she sells it out of wedlock.

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.

If love does not know how to give and take without restrictions, it is not love, but a transaction that never fails to lay stress on a plus and a minus.

There's never been a good government.

A revolution without dancing is not a revolution worth having.

A value added life is a fruitful life

The best career advice I've gotten is to stay focused, keep moving forward.

Private ownership of property is vital to both our freedom and our prosperity.

I have so much admiration for women who are mothers, who balance family and work.

Will punk rock ever die? Pal, if you have to ask it's dead to you.

Passing my motorcycle theory test gave me a disproportionate feeling of greatness.

It means working harder to do the research but I don't really mind - I don't think I have what it takes to chase criminals through back alleys and wade through blood at crime scenes.

When you see me on TV, that's about as close to my real personality as you can get.

For the future, the motto is, "No days unalert."

You can fight a rumour only with an even wilder rumour.