Man is a social animal formed to please in society.

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.

A democratic civilization will save itself only if it makes the language of the image into a stimulus for critical reflection — not an invitation for hypnosis.

Only the insane equate pain with success.

When we learn to give thanks, we are learning to concentrate not on the bad things, but on the good things in our lives.

The expiatory church of La Sagrada Família is made by the people and is mirrored in them. It is a work that is in the hands of God and the will of the people.

If I was not racing then I would own a ranch where people could come and hunt. It would be fun and laid back every day.

All patriarchal societies are either preparing for war, at war, or recovering from war.

I think I'll sleep now.

Literature has become my life.

The underpinnings of the alliance: the company helps the employee transform his career; the employee helps the company transform.

England is safe, if true within itself.