Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.

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.

I think in general, romantic comedies tend to take one person's point of view, but every once in a while you get something that is balanced for two people.

All I knew how to do was to act. That's the only thing I had in my favor. That was the thing that propelled me forward.

You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.

I decided to be a smarter fighter. I already knew I was tough, so if I was smart and tough, I was more likely to be a champion.

Hemingway was a jerk.

Why don't you confer with Mr. Finnigan? As I recall, he has a particular proclivity for pyrotechnics.

Private property creates for the individual a sphere in which he is free of the state. It sets limits to the operation of the authoritarian will.

One thing I can't stand is late kidnappers.

Most of my dancing is actually convulsions from having to listen to my own music

I become irritated when I am being written off as aloof or stand-offish when I'm shy and don't know what to say.