Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

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 stood lonely enough, but to that feeling of isolation I was accustomed: it did not oppress me much.

Don't wait for a huge platform before you give of your best performance

For poets that have had my luck, Seldom write when they can kiss.

Cabbies in particular seem to like discussing the fate the Earth.

Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive.

How shall one who is so weak in his childhood become really strong when he grows older? We only change our fancies.

It's going to be crazy. All eight teams here are good teams. Hopefully the atmosphere will be great because it's going to be great basketball.

It is necessary that every man have at least somewhere to go. For there are times when one absolutely must go at least somewhere!

When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.

People are constantly asking me if I'm pregnant, but I don't like to talk about it too much. I just think about it as the next phase. We'll see.