Many things are better for silence than for speech: others are better for speech than for stationery.

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.

Coincidence is God's way of being anonymous.

[God] deposits a dream of what we can be for Him, a dream that acts as our internal honing device.

Life will fulfill your expectations.

Don't dream to lead the people while you can't care, even about your neighbours.

The prenup needs to be drawn up months before the wedding, not days - it's not something you slap together and sign in the car on the way to the ceremony. A shotgun prenup might not hold up in court.

I don't like the grilled onions for some reason. I like regular, crispy, stinky onions.

There is probably no hell for authors in the next world - they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this.

When we edit the music, I always remember, "It's my band. Save me a place to play."

To work with somebody you love makes filming faster, more fun.