Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.

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 can sit in front of the TV and watch an old romantic film and be transfixed.

Abortion is not an issue with the American people. It is a figment of your imagination if you think that this is an issue that is talked about a lot.

I've been known to write on the Underground in London and on the subway in New York. I have two or three cafes in Paris that I go into. I find a corner with a little shade, and I can work.

All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

After a lifetime of silence, it is difficult then to speak.

America, which leads the world in so many ways, can end childhood hunger within its borders.

Nations around the world look to us for the leadership not merely by strength of arms but by strength of our convictions.

Speak with Love and it becomes Truth.

It's a miserable life in Hollywood. You're up at five or six o'clock in the morning to be ready to start shooting at nine.