No country and no people can be free and ignorant at the same time.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Bring a torch, if you've got one. It's as dark as hell and stinks of something far worse than cheese.

There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.

I was so beautiful but I didn't realise it for years. I saw pictures of myself and even I was stunned.

I am not fond of speaking about politics because I don't have in my possession an army of 200,000 soldiers.

I should like to make films that are not lowering to the spirit. A new building can be very harrowing, I should like to give people a chance to whistle.

When you need a friend, you can always count on your teammates.

Despite the fact that I had a writing background, they didn't want to accept whatever ideas I had as a writer.

“And I,” declared the SawHorse, filling in an awkward pause, “am only remarkable because I can't help it.”

...the greatest political problem facing the world today is...how to curb the oppressive power of government, how to keep it within reasonable bounds.

If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It's the ultimate hustle.